I could boot on live-session (but my mouse did not appear on the screen) with a live-CD of Ubuntu 10.10 beta, so looks like this bug has been solved for me (for my specs see my bug #580909).
-- [i855] X doesn't start with kernel 2.6.32-21 unless passing i915.modeset=1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/566379 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