11.04 on Thinkpad 2657 - graphics on monitor is not stable - moves/flickers

Intel Extreme Graphics:

Try adding the boot option:

nomodeset

May help

delance - thanks for the tip, however I am still loading from CD until I get it to work, how do I add the nomodest as a boot option in this startup mode?

I now have Ubuntu installed by itself on the laptop and have changed to classic mode with no extras but I still have the flicker and moving graphics which fill up 3/4's of the monitor. How do I go in and add the nomodeset. Or do I just reload Ubuntu 10.4?

How do I go in and add the nomodeset" : "Should be explained here http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2010/05/06/ubuntu-10-04-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup-workaround/
You have to edit file /etc/default/grub as explained in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Configuring%20GRUB%202 for line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
See also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

Are these the same instructions for 11.04. 10.4 works out of the box for
the computer. Should I just wait for updates to 11.04 before loading or
stay where I am?

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:16 PM, delance <
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> Your question #158838 on xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu changed:
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> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+question/158838
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> delance proposed the following answer:
> How do I go in and add the nomodeset" : "Should be explained here
> http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2010/05/06/ubuntu-10-04-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup-workaround/
> You have to edit file /etc/default/grub as explained in
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Configuring%20GRUB%202 for line
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
> See also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions
>
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Yes it works, I hope that one day this problem will be fixed. We regularly see it since one year.
Don't wait updates, I will not to surprised to see this bug again with 11.10!