[Bug 460664] Re: White screen of death on Dell Studio 15

2009-11-01 Thread baba lafayette
Hi, I can confirm this bug. As was being discussed in bug #297245, changing the options to NOMODESET does show the boot screen, but the screen turns black after the splash screen. After sometime the WSoD appears. I changed the driver from intel to vesa and i was able to atleast login. Thanks

[Bug 297245] Re: [i965] Dell Studio 15 White Screen on X startup

2009-04-20 Thread baba lafayette
It works fine with Intrepid. I had a question regarding Jaunty - If i upgrade to Jaunty from intrepid - do i need to reinstall this patch ? or has it been taken care of in Jaunty? thx -- [i965] Dell Studio 15 White Screen on X startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297245 You received this

[Bug 297245] Re: [i965] Dell Studio 15 White Screen on X startup

2009-01-21 Thread baba lafayette
I can confirm that the package in intrepid-proposed fixes the problem. But there is just one problem - I dont know if its because of this package. The refresh rate for my LCD changed to 56 after I used INTEL driver The refresh rate with VESA driver to get 1280x800 resolution was 60. Is this a

[Bug 297245] Re: [i965] Dell Studio 15 White Screen on X startup

2009-01-14 Thread baba lafayette
I will wait for the hardy-amd64 fix :-(. I think i figured out the stuff that I needed to do from freedesktop.org but I am scared that I might ruin something on my OK laptop. Thanks a lot for the help. Mario has already changed status for hardy :D -- [i965] Dell Studio 15 White Screen on X

[Bug 297245] Re: [i965] Dell Studio 15 White Screen on X startup

2009-01-14 Thread baba lafayette
Hello All, Sorry for my super naive and n00bish question - Where can I find the fix? if its the Patch ported to hardy link (by Bryce) how do I actually apply this patch I am sorry again :( thx B. -- [i965] Dell Studio 15 White Screen on X startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297245 You

[Bug 297245] Re: [i965] Dell Studio 15 White Screen on X startup

2009-01-13 Thread baba lafayette
Hi, I saw the bug has been fixed :-) For n00bs like me who are not used to compiling and using git repository - Can some one suggest what should I do? Or a simple .deb file? I have been using VESA for too long now. I need to use INTEL as a driver on my laptop :-) Any help is appreciated thx. B.

[Bug 297245] Re: [i965] Dell Studio 15 White Screen on X startup

2008-12-16 Thread baba lafayette
I finally managed to get 1280x800 resolution on My Studio (affected hardware) by using VESA driver. Although it would be nice to use my Intel X3100 but I can manage with this resolution currently. In order to get this i did 2 things mainly: 1) Added this modeline - modeline 1280x...@60 83.46 1280