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10.04.1 Upgrade problem

Asked by Peter Roberts

Following what appeared to be a normal upgrade from 9 to v10.04.1, my old Dell Latitude D505 (512mb RAM) will not boot correctly to the desktop.

Everyting seems fine, Ubuntu logo appears then blank screen and system hangs.

Sometimes can manage to get recovery mode prompt scren which lists revisions -26 down to -7 recovery modes.

Recovery menu also sometimes shows. Various options no good.

If I choose failsafe video mode I get message 'Screen found but none have a usable config.

Am able to get login prompt at tty screen level.

Is it a screen driver issue?

V9 booted and worked perfectly.

Suggestions please

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-ubuntu-10-04-lts-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup.html

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Peter Roberts (pedrr) said : 		#2

Thanks for the help. I tried the seuuestion, but no luck I'm afraid

The graphics card on the Dell is an Intel 855GM/855GME

Version 9 worked faultlessly

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

It still may be necessary to use the nomodeset boot option.

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Peter Roberts (pedrr) said : 		#4

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

The slution lay with i915.modeset=1

http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2010/05/06/ubuntu-10-04-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup-workaround/

Thanks

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Peter Roberts (pedrr) said : 		#5

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

The solution lay with i915.modeset=1

http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2010/05/06/ubuntu-10-04-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup-workaround/

Thanks