I have a Dell 700m which uses the Intel 855GM video chipset, and have the same problem. I installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix on it using the i915.modeset=1 kernel parameter from the grub menu when booting the Live CD. I then appended the same parameter to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT value in /etc/default/grub, ran update-grub, and am now able to boot into the OS successfully.
However, the netbook launcher is painfully slow. I am guessing that this is due to 3D acceleration not working correctly (2D apps perform as expected), and am hoping that this will be resolved in an update ASAP. -- [kms-blacklisted][855] Black screen on boot without https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/566133 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
