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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #541492
  2. Comment #189

Comment 189 for bug 541492

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote : Re: MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?)

i845G here on IBM ThinkCentre A30 Celeron 2.0 gHz.
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)

Running Maverick Alpha 2:
Linux version 2.6.35-13-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.4.5 20100723 (prerelease) (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-7ubuntu3) ) #18-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 31 01:45:46 UTC 2010

From Ubuntu Maverick forum thread Call for Testing: i8xx legacy driver:

Install the xserver-xorg-video-intel and libdrm packages:

      sudo add-apt-repository ppa:raof/aubergine
      sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Boots and runs with default Grub line, just "quiet", with KMS on.
I can switch to command line with Ctrl-Alt-F1, verify the tiny print KMS, log on, exit, then do Ctrl-Alt-F7 to switch back to gdm O.K.
No xorg.conf so it is running with default intel driver I assume the new one? I'm not good at reading Xorg.0.log so it is attached.

It boots to blank screen with nomodeset
It boots to blank screen with i915.modeset=0
It boots just fine without specifying mode and without xorg.conf.

Only way I've been able to run previously is with i915.modeset=0 and xorg.conf specifying driver vesa, which works just fine.

Thanks, it's running for the moment, but there's always the next dread Alpha update...

Jerry