Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

[lconrad-O0WJhd4tT3hg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org (Laura Conrad)]

>>>>> "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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