Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

[nmeyers-BigylZdZcsdmcu3hnIyYJQ at public.gmane.org (Nathan Meyers)]

Thanks! I'll give that a look tomorrow.

Nathan


Laura Conrad wrote:
>>>>>> "Nathan" == Nathan Meyers <nmeyers-BigylZdZcsdmcu3hnIyYJQ at public.gmane.org> writes:
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>     Nathan> Bad news on my Averatec laptop - the X server is out of
>     Nathan> order. It appears to be coming up - the text display is gone
>     Nathan> - but I'm getting a black screen with no cursor and no
>     Nathan> desktop. I'm poking around to see what it will take to set
>     Nathan> it right; haven't found anything about this so far online.
>
> Sounds like the problem I have on my Thinkpad.   The bug is
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/554835>
> and here's an explanation of what they're talking about:
> <http://www.netsplit.com/2010/03/30/all-about-kernel-mode-setting/>.
>
> I've been following the bug, and it looks like there's a kernel fix
> upstream.  Meanwhile, I'm working around it by using the previous
> kernel, but if you read the bug, there are other suggested workarounds.
>
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