Hi stray, There seem to be two separate issues you're running into - whitescreen with -intel, and limited resolutions with -vesa.
Taking the second issue first, -vesa is by design a limited graphics driver implementing the base set of standards all hardware vendors agree to adhere to, that guarantees only 640x480, and partly guarantees 800x600 and 1024x768. It *sometimes* permits other 4:3 aspect ratio resolutions supported by the monitor and graphics card, but in general I would not expect it to work with 1280x800 (16:10). Really, for such a resolution one would expect the normal driver (-intel) to work. So for this bug report, let's focus only on the whitescreen problem in this bug report. Mario, do you have access to this same hardware? Are you able to reproduce the problem? ** Summary changed: - Dell Studio 15 Doesn't Boot, White Screen of Death + [i965] Dell Studio 15 White Screen on X startup ** Description changed: + [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. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: xorg => xserver-xorg-video-intel Importance: Undecided => High -- [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 ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
