On 12/11/2009 05:07 PM, Scott Garman wrote: > Joe Shisei Niski wrote: > >> ** >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> i upgraded my Dell D620 (work) laptop Jaunty from to Karmic (32-bit). >> >> Video hardware according to lspci is: Intel Corporation Mobile >> 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) >> >> kernel 2.6.31-16 >> > Hi Joe, > > I'm running the exact same laptop and video card hardware as you. I have > not had any of the issues you described, and I have a fresh install of > Ubuntu Karmic on my machine. > > I do not have an xorg.conf file to share, as apparently everything is > working in auto-detection mode. If you would like to compare other > config files with me, feel free to ask. > > Are you running the desktop effects? If so, try disabling them and see > if you have the same problem. > > Scott > > Thanks, Scott - my clean install on different hardware has no problem, the "white screen of death" on intel on-board video i ssurprisingly common on upgrade installations.
i should have added that the problematic symptoms persist without any desktop effects at all, and even in a "failsafe Gnome" login. Given your experience, i'll probably just bite the bullet and do a clean install, especially now that i remembered an old external USB drive in my closet that's big enough to back up my home dir with all its VirtualBox disk images..... ________________________________________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
