Hello! The problems I described were rectified by setting i915.modeset=1 as stated by James Keating in the below site
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1594122 Through everything boots fine now and i get a desktop, the screen brightening widget does not work. Gavin - have you had any luck ? Martin, can you try this the solution in the link and see if that resolves your m/c's problem :) Ubuntu has a few more miles to go before I can use it as my primary OS. :) On 11/13/10, Martin Bartlett <661...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > "Same-here's" are rarely helpful - but I just rebuilt my system with a > Gigabyte H55M-UD2H and i3 560 - and have exactly the same problem. The > OS worked with the old system (Nvidia-based card) but X will not start, > with these same errors, on the new system. > > -- > (EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661645 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- Regards, Sanal Krishnan -- (EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661645 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