The bug task for the somerville project has been removed by an automated script. This bug has been cloned on that project and is available here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1305981
** No longer affects: somerville -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/110379 Title: With Intel i810 driver on Dell E1505, switching display causes blank screen. Status in Direct Rendering Infrastructure: Fix Released Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “linux-source-2.6.20” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Seen on Dell Inspiron E1505 with integrated Intel graphics 945GM and using intel i810 driver. If you connect an external LCD/CRT monitor to the VGA port and cycle through all display modes using Fn+F8 , it works for the first few times and then the screen goes blank and only way to recover the system is to reboot it. rez@rez-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -l | grep xserver-xorg-video-i810 ii xserver-xorg-video-i810 1.7.4-0ubuntu1 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver rez@rez-laptop:~$ lspci -v | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dri/+bug/110379/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp