I repartitioned my HP 2133's disk when it first arrived to support two root file systems. I cloned my working Hardy root file system from one '/' to the other and then ran a dist-upgrade to convert that to Intrepid Alpha 6. This was successful so I can now run experiments on the X server.
The first boot into X resulted in a low-resolution, degraded, X configuration. A dialog box (I don't recall the details) let me select the 'default' X configuration. This bricked my X installation just like described above. I tried 'repairing' it a couple times in recovery mode to no avail. I then found and copied /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This works correctly, but slowly. I diff'ed the original 'default' xorg.conf file and the failsafe file uses: driver "vesa" where the original default config file leaves this blank. (I'm guessing X tries to auto-configure). I guess this auto-configuration code is guessing the wrong type of video chip set? This laptop uses a VIA Chrome9 chip that isn't exactly mainstream. I've taken this a long way towards resolution by providing a platform to repro this failure and actually get some results. If there's more I can do then please let me know. Meanwhile, I'm going to see if the OpenChrome server is available for Intrepid. -- Intrepid Alpha 5, HP Mininote 2133, Live CD, X Server Hangs after Boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267115 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
