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

[Jim Kinney]

cool!!! happy X'ing

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Van Loggins <vanloggins at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> Van Loggins, A+
>
> 678-316-0136
>
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/vanloggins
>
>
> 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.
> >
> >
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