*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 253076 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/253076
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 253076
No X with current kernel (downgrade fixes it)
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[intrepid] intel 965 not recognised by LiveCD/installer
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/258884
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This seems to be a somewhat intermittent problem. I rebooted the laptop
a few times (with "xforcevesa quiet splash" still in menu.lst) and it
worked once. However on reboot I got the black screen again and had to
power it off.
It fails FAR more than it succeeds though (without changing the grub li
I have learned some new information. Removing only "xforcevesa" from the
grub line still produces the failure case.
Removing just "splash" however seems to make it work, so this is
possibly nothing to do with the xforcevesa option after all. Although
I'm still not sure why that has been put there
Here is the lspci output for my graphics chip:
# lspci | grep Display
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated
Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
(There are two chips in this series of Vaio's, chosen by a two position
slider switch, the other is an Nvidia chip)
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