Sorry Bryce, I can't test it as I no longer posses the faulty hardware. Please forward this on to another user who still has one of the faulty units.
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Bryce Harrington <[email protected] > wrote: > > [This is an automatic notice.] > > We'd like to forward your bug upstream, however upstream requires > that you first test it against their newer driver code. > > To save you the effort of building the driver from source, we've built > packages for the driver and its new dependencies. > > So you have a couple options: > > 1. Download and test .debs for intrepid, from: > > https://edge.launchpad.net/~intel-gfx-testing/+archive<https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Eintel-gfx-testing/+archive> > > -or- > > 2. Download and test the Jaunty alpha-2 (or newer) Live CD, > (which includes a beta of the new xserver 1.6 as well). > See http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/ for ISOs > > > Thanks ahead of time! You can simply reply to this email to report your > findings. > > > P.S., if you wish to forward your bug upstream yourself, please follow > these directions to do so: > http://intellinuxgraphics.org/how_to_report_bug.html > > > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) > Status: Triaged => Incomplete > > -- > [i965] Dell Studio 15 White Screen on X startup > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297245 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in The Dell Project: New > Status in X.org xf86-video-intel: In Progress > Status in "xorg" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "xserver-xorg-video-intel" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > [Problem] > On X server load, displays white screen with scattered 1 pixel lines when > using -intel driver. > > [lspci] > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile > GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 > [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0254] > > [Original Report] > I purchased a Dell Studio 15 with Ubuntu pre-installed. > The graphics adapter is an Intel x3100 > The LCD is 1280x800. > I suspect that the LCD is not compatible with the current version of the > Linux driver. > Out of the box, the loading screens appear just fine. Once the X server > loads, the screen goes mostly white, with some scattered lines, each about 1 > pixel wide. > I then booted to "recovery mode" and selected the option for the system to > attempt to fix X on its own. This resulted in a "White Screen of Death" as > well. > Any attempt to use the Intel driver results in a White Screen of Death. > Vesa will not recognize a 1280x800 resolution and only gives 800x600 upon > initial installation. After installing KDE the screen results in 1024x768 > but still will not work in 1280x800, even though those resolutions are > listed in the Modelines in xorg.conf. > Bug is present in Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10, if not more. > The worst part is that even the replacement Dell Studio 15 has this same > problem. I suspect that Dell is knowingly selling a model of laptop that is > supposedly "approved hardware" that they never got to work in the first > place. > -- [i965] Dell Studio 15 White Screen on X startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297245 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
