Current status of Ubuntu on my i845G: Karmic runs solid with kms and intel driver.
Lucid will run intel driver only with ubuntu-proposed fix see launchpad bug #539772 Maveric Alpha 1 ran kms & intel driver however kernel updates since black screen hang dead the instant kms is tried or startx is used. Lucid & Maverick run fine with i915.modeset=0 in boot line and with /etc/X11/xorg.conf specifying Driver "vesa". Entering this comment from my older 2004 Thinkpad R31 1GHz Celeron i830 intel video that sits beside my breakfast table, with Lucid, with i915.modeset=0 and "vesa". This older laptop runs just fine with Ubuntu for mail etc, a bit jerky with video. Should be easy for Ubuntu to just blacklist i830, i845, ... from kms and default to "vesa", I don't know why they won't do it. By the way, Slax, Sitaz, Debian CD live, openSUSE, ... all run fine as is. None of the problems X has with Ubuntu. I just run Ubuntu because of the nice online community. Jerry -- [i845] xorg hang on video driver 2.8.0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406460 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
