The last update from Ubuntu fixed the issue for me. Thanks,
On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 00:39 +0000, Paul Stevens wrote: > This problem seems to be based in Kernel Mode Select and the hardware > involved. Bug report 288807 talks about some hardware issues with Sony > laptops and that may be in effect here. I believe KMS is now on by > default in Karmic for Intel devices. > > To get the system fixed was fairly simple in the end and only requires > updating Grub to turn off KMS. I am using Grub2 on this install. > > On a live cd boot, use F6 to edit grub. > Remove “splash” and replace with “nomodeset”. > I included “--xdriver=intel” on my system as bootup seemed smoother with this > added. > Splash does not work with nomodeset so it needs to be removed. > > On an installed system, edit /etc/default/grub to remove splash and add > the ‘nomodeset xdriver=intel” line and then update grub. > > gksu gedit /etc/default/grub > > Change the line: > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash” > > To this: > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=” nomodeset xdriver=intel” > > The “quiet” option may work but I did not use it. The “xdriver=intel” > was correct for my system. > > Then run: > Sudo update-grub > > Note, I did not need to have any xorg.conf in the system to get it > working. There did not seem to be any difference whether it was there or > not. > > It might be good to have a fallback “nomodeset” option as a standard > part of the grub menu till KMS can develop a way to deal with this > hardware. > -- Screen resolution not correct https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459547 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
