[ale] Ubuntu 10.04 doesn't like my laptop but 9.10 worked just fine on it?

[Van Loggins]

wanted to advise that I figured out the problem with a little help from 
google.

I found the info on how to fix it here

http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2010/05/06/ubuntu-10-04-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup-workaround/

I had to edit grub and add i915.modeset=1 after quiet splash and now 
it's working fine.


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On 6/19/2010 12:50 PM, Van Loggins wrote:
> I have a Gateway M320 that I wanted to put Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on
>
> the problem is that something seems to have changed with Xorg in this 
> version. for whatever reason the screen goes blank when it tries to 
> start up x windows. I did a distribution upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04 
> and everything seemed to go just fine. when it asked to reboot I let it.
>
> When it came back up it went to a black screen as soon as X started. 
> Whatever is causing it is so bad that I can't even get a console to 
> pop up by pressing ctrl-F1,ctrl-f2,etc.
>
> I downloaded the iso for 10.04 and tried to boot my laptop from it, 
> and got the same problem, as soon as x starts it goes to a black screen.
>
> does anyone know a workaround for this issue?
>
> I'm going to download the alternate installer and try it next, but I'm 
> not very hopeful at this point.
>
>