Public bug reported: I observed that by default the i915 chipset is not working on Ubuntu 10.04, and the same issue is still available on 10.10.
By default the system will start in text mode and you have do *manually* do the following to enable it: edit /etc/default/grub and edit line to include i915: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.modeset=1" Now run update-grub and reboot After this you will be able to use the graphic mode *but* the monitor will not be detected and you will only have a very limited list of video modes to choose from. In my case I do have a Philips 170X6 monitor that supports 1280x1024 but this mode is not selectable. $ randr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 2048 x 2048 VGA1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1360x768 59.8 1024x768 60.0* 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9 59.9 $ sudo lshw -c display *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: p...@0000:00:02.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:f0000000-f7ffffff memory:f8100000-f817ffff ioport:c000(size=8) Please tell me if you need further information and if it is possible to repair this defective installation setup to make it work by default on new installations. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: display i915 -- i915 chipset not working by default on Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/672064 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs