UMS support is gone and will not be coming back, but the problem where intel tries to claim the driver stopping vesa or fbdev from working if you use nomodeset has been fixed upstream
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video- intel/commit/?id=455f2939a661764ebb8d1747d44e16a0a8937808 ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- [maverick] - Xorg fails to load with "nomodeset" kernel parameter https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/631412 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

