Thank you, That's kind of correct. I had forgot to run
sudo update-initramfs -u to propagate changes to the boot image. The boot somehow entered the pretty purple 160-column mode either way, but the X driver would not start. It works now! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1088147 Title: Intel 915GM/GMA900 upgrade fails 12.04-12.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1088147/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ 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

