If you will help, really _can_ do it. No programming experience needed. Best choice to begin is vanilla kernel, but you can do the same with ubuntu kernel too..
1. download latest kernel and chack if bug still there. sudo apt-get install git-core git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git for vanilla kernel or git clone git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-hardy.git for ubuntu hardy. 2. install packages to build kernel sudo apt-get build-dep linux sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev 3. go to kernel, configure, compile and install it. ( you do not need to make kernel with initrd ) cd linux-2.6 make menuconfig ( to configure kernel ) make -j2 all && sudo make isnatll && sudo make modules_install ( -j2 option for dual core users ) 4. edit grub to boot latest kernel sudo vi ( or ) nano /boot/grub/menu.lst ----------------------------------------------------------- and change this parts: timeout 5 #hiddenmenu title Linux root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode libata.noacpi=1 ro ---------------------------------------------------------- normally you will have other kernel parameters 5. (MOST important part) If bug still exist and this is regression to some kernel version: man git-bisect git bisect start ( will make extra branch for testing ) git bisect bad ( current version is bad ) git bisect good v2.6.23 ( version 2.6.23 is bad ) make menuconfig make -j2 all && sudo make isnatll && sudo make modules_install reboot test kernel if it's good, go to you git repository: cd linux-2.6 git bisect goodmake -j2 all && sudo make isnatll && sudo make modules_install #if it's bad git bisect bad -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This testing will need some time bud you will find exact patch braced your system. And believe me, such bug report will really accelerate bug fixing and make you as part of solution and not part of noise. -- Blank ttys when using vesafb (vga=xxx) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129910 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
