No thanks to Ubuntu support (or lack thereof), a fellow owner of a Dell
3000 / Intel-865G provided me the solution:
Create / edit / save this file ('vi', notepad, et al):
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-xorg.conf that contains the following
content:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1173649
Title:
incorrect color depth - intel graphics card
Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu:
Opinion
Bug description:
color depth is 15 instead of 24.
Intel graphics card (dell dimenstion 3000)
Note that color depth is correct on 12.10 and prior. Only incorrect on 13.04
(after upgrade on top of 12.10)
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ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDmesg:
[ 122.048405] EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Opts: (null)
[ 122.714787] systemd-hostnamed[2409]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not
installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please
install nss-myhostname!
DistUpgraded: 2013-04-26 11:02:00,583 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: raring
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2572] (rev 02)
(prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Dimension 3000 [1028:019d]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-24 (33 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 3000
MarkForUpload: True
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic
root=UUID=a4d05e55-c40e-4b56-a82f-1ddfa96acb88 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Tags: raring ubuntu
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
UnitySupportTest: Error: command [u'/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', u'-p',
u'-f'] failed with exit code -11:
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-26 (1 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 11/08/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A02
dmi.board.name: 0TC666
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA02:bd11/08/2004:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnDimension3000:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0TC666:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dimension 3000
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.04.18.1~13.04-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.1.1-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.1.1-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2b2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.6-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
1:1.0.7-0ubuntu1
xserver.bootTime: Sat Apr 27 10:49:18 2013
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 8
input ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse MOUSE, id 9
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6
xserver.video_driver: intel
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ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDmesg:
[ 122.048405] EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Opts: (null)
[ 122.714787] systemd-hostnamed[2409]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not
installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please
install nss-myhostname!
[10662.920255] show_signal_msg: 54 callbacks suppressed
[10662.920264] unity_support_t[4316]: segfault at 1 ip 0804920a sp bf9e7670
error 4 in unity_support_test[8048000+3000]
[10770.346547] unity_support_t[4820]: segfault at 1 ip 0804920a sp bfc3f770
error 4 in unity_support_test[8048000+3000]
DistUpgraded: 2013-04-26 11:02:00,583 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: raring
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2572] (rev 02)
(prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Dimension 3000 [1028:019d]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-24 (33 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 3000
MarkForUpload: True
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic
root=UUID=a4d05e55-c40e-4b56-a82f-1ddfa96acb88 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Tags: raring ubuntu
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
UnitySupportTest: Error: command [u'/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', u'-p',
u'-f'] failed with exit code -11:
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-26 (1 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 11/08/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A02
dmi.board.name: 0TC666
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA02:bd11/08/2004:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnDimension3000:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0TC666:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dimension 3000
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.04.18.1~13.04-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.1.1-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.1.1-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2b2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.6-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
1:1.0.7-0ubuntu1
xserver.bootTime: Sat Apr 27 10:49:18 2013
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 8
input ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse MOUSE, id 9
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6
xserver.video_driver: intel
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