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Thanks! I'll give that a look tomorrow. Nathan Laura Conrad wrote: >>>>>> "Nathan" == Nathan Meyers <nmeyers-BigylZdZcsdmcu3hnIyYJQ at public.gmane.org> writes: >>>>>> > > 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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