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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

Can you submit a bug report after a freeze in recovery mode?

apport-bug -p linux

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Roman Groger <xalbert76@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Don. Unfortunately, this does not seem to work here. When I start X
> (with the xforcevesa option in grub), the screen goes blank and the computer
> freezes. The only way I can get to X is to copy /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafeX
> to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and then boot into the recovery mode. If I boot
> normally, the X comes up but the screen goes blank and freezes about 5 min
> after I start X. Wierd...
>
>
> Don Owen wrote:
>
>> In grub, edit your kernel line to include the phrase "xforcevesa" (without
>> quotes) at the end of the line.  I also remove the "quiet" and "splash"
>> options so I can see the boot text, but that's optional.  Once you get it
>> booted up, then you can permanently edit your grub options.  This works for
>> my VPCY2 with integrated graphics, though it is not ideal.
>>
>> -Don Owen
>>
>> On 10/28/2010 08:49 AM, Roman Groger wrote:
>>
>>> Just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10. The screen does not work out of the box at
>>> all. If I go to the recovery mode and check the error messages, there is one
>>> that says "no screens found". If I attempt to startx either from the command
>>> line or from the recovery mode by choosing the failsafeX video mode, the
>>> computer freezes. Any ideas ?
>>>
>>> Albert Vilella wrote:
>>>
>>>> Try Ubuntu 10.10, they've fixed it to make auto-configuration of
>>>> external screens easier (up to 1920x1200). If it doesn't work out of the
>>>> box, try to run the safe-graphics mode once it's installed, there is a very
>>>> simple reconfiguration tool that will find out about your screens...
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Roman Gröger <xalbert76@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:
>>>> xalbert76@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>    Dear all.
>>>>
>>>>    I know that this problem has been discussed many times but I still
>>>>    cannot make it to work. I just purchased SONY Vaio VPCY2 and
>>>> installed
>>>>    Ubuntu 10.04. I have the integrated Intel graphics (i915). I get no
>>>>    output on the laptop screen and, at the same time, a beautiful hi-res
>>>>    output on my external 21" lab monitor. The tricks with adding
>>>>    i915.modeset=0 or 1 in grub don't work (the former freezes up the
>>>>    laptop
>>>>    with two LEDs above the Delete key blinking). Did some of you make it
>>>>    work ? I would greatly appreciate your guidance to fix this.
>>>>
>>>>    Thanks a lot,
>>>>
>>>>    Roman
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