Sorry Bryce, I can't test it as I no longer posses the faulty hardware.
Please forward this on to another user who still has one of the faulty
units.

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Bryce Harrington <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

>
> [This is an automatic notice.]
>
> We'd like to forward your bug upstream, however upstream requires
> that you first test it against their newer driver code.
>
> To save you the effort of building the driver from source, we've built
> packages for the driver and its new dependencies.
>
> So you have a couple options:
>
>  1.  Download and test .debs for intrepid, from:
>     https://edge.launchpad.net/~intel-gfx-testing/+archive<https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Eintel-gfx-testing/+archive>
>
>  -or-
>
>  2.  Download and test the Jaunty alpha-2 (or newer) Live CD,
>     (which includes a beta of the new xserver 1.6 as well).
>     See http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/ for ISOs
>
>
> Thanks ahead of time!  You can simply reply to this email to report your
> findings.
>
>
> P.S., if you wish to forward your bug upstream yourself, please follow
> these directions to do so:
>  http://intellinuxgraphics.org/how_to_report_bug.html
>
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
>       Status: Triaged => Incomplete
>
> --
> [i965] Dell Studio 15 White Screen on X startup
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297245
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in The Dell Project: New
> Status in X.org xf86-video-intel: In Progress
> Status in "xorg" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "xserver-xorg-video-intel" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> [Problem]
> On X server load, displays white screen with scattered 1 pixel lines when
> using -intel driver.
>
> [lspci]
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile
> GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 03) (prog-if 00
> [VGA controller])
>        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0254]
>
> [Original Report]
> I purchased a Dell Studio 15 with Ubuntu pre-installed.
> The graphics adapter is an Intel x3100
> The LCD is 1280x800.
> I suspect that the LCD is not compatible with the current version of the
> Linux driver.
> Out of the box, the loading screens appear just fine. Once the X server
> loads, the screen goes mostly white, with some scattered lines, each about 1
> pixel wide.
> I then booted to "recovery mode" and selected the option for the system to
> attempt to fix X on its own. This resulted in a "White Screen of Death" as
> well.
> Any attempt to use the Intel driver results in a White Screen of Death.
> Vesa will not recognize a 1280x800 resolution and only gives 800x600 upon
> initial installation. After installing KDE the screen results in 1024x768
> but still will not work in 1280x800, even though those resolutions are
> listed in the Modelines in xorg.conf.
> Bug is present in Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10, if not more.
> The worst part is that even the replacement Dell Studio 15 has this same
> problem. I suspect that Dell is knowingly selling a model of laptop that is
> supposedly "approved hardware" that they never got to work in the first
> place.
>