Comment 26 for bug 406460

Current status of Ubuntu on my i845G:

Karmic runs solid with kms and intel driver.

Lucid will run intel driver only with ubuntu-proposed fix see launchpad bug #539772

Maveric Alpha 1 ran kms & intel driver however kernel updates since black screen hang dead the instant kms is tried or startx is used.

Lucid & Maverick run fine with i915.modeset=0 in boot line and with /etc/X11/xorg.conf specifying Driver "vesa".

Entering this comment from my older 2004 Thinkpad R31 1GHz Celeron i830 intel video that sits beside my breakfast table, with Lucid, with i915.modeset=0 and "vesa". This older laptop runs just fine with Ubuntu for mail etc, a bit jerky with video.

Should be easy for Ubuntu to just blacklist i830, i845, ... from kms and default to "vesa", I don't know why they won't do it.

By the way, Slax, Sitaz, Debian CD live, openSUSE, ... all run fine as is. None of the problems X has with Ubuntu. I just run Ubuntu because of the nice online community.

Jerry