>From Bug report #459547. This problem seems to be based in Kernel Mode Select and the hardware involved. Bug report 288807 talks about some hardware issues with Sony laptops and that may be in effect here. I believe KMS is now on by default in Karmic for Intel devices.
To get the system fixed was fairly simple in the end and only requires updating Grub to turn off KMS. I am using Grub2 on this install. On a live cd boot, use F6 to edit grub. Remove “splash” and replace with “nomodeset”. I included “--xdriver=intel” on my system as bootup seemed smoother with this added. Splash does not work with nomodeset so it needs to be removed. On an installed system, edit /etc/default/grub to remove splash and add the ‘nomodeset xdriver=intel” line and then update grub. gksu gedit /etc/default/grub Change the line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash” To this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=” nomodeset xdriver=intel” The “quiet” option may work but I did not use it. The “xdriver=intel” was correct for my system. Then run: Sudo update-grub Note, I did not need to have any xorg.conf in the system to get it working. There did not seem to be any difference whether it was there or not. -- Max resolution too low after upgrading to 9.10 on laptop with intel graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465382 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
