Public bug reported:
Brand New Alienware M17xR3 with Intel i915 IGP, and NVIDIA GT 460M
video.
New, Clean installation of Kubuntu 11.04. When booting up, and BEFORE
Xorg starts, the video mode switches and the video on the screen
flickers and switches rapidly between colors as it flickers. No text or
graphics are visible on the screen after that, just the flickering.
Disabling modeset for intel (kernel command line parameter
i915.modeset=0) stops the flickering and I get to a desktop. When doing
this, screen resolution is wrong and vgaswitcheroo is disabled, but at
least the computer is functional.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: kwin
DRM.card1.DP.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card1.DP.2:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card1.DP.3:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card1.DP.4:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card1.DVI.D.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card1.DVI.D.2:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card1.DVI.D.3:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card1.HDMI.A.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card1.LVDS.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card1.VGA.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: On
modes:
edid-base64:
Date: Sat Jun 25 12:54:14 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: kubuntu
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:04ba]
nVidia Corporation GF106 [GeForce GTX 460M] [10de:0dd1] (rev a1) (prog-if 00
[VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:04ba]
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426.3)
MachineType: Alienware M17xR3
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
root=UUID=bebf92c9-3003-4bf4-8174-40bc3a864ae8 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
i915.modeset=0
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/28/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware
dmi.bios.version: A04
dmi.board.name: M17xR3
dmi.board.vendor: Alienware
dmi.board.version: A04
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware
dmi.chassis.version: A04
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAlienware:bvrA04:bd03/28/2011:svnAlienware:pnM17xR3:pvrA04:rvnAlienware:rnM17xR3:rvrA04:cvnAlienware:ct8:cvrA04:
dmi.product.name: M17xR3
dmi.product.version: A04
dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7
** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug kubuntu natty
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