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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

Blank screen

Asked by Greg Price

Sorry - but I am brand new to Linux/Ubuntu. How can I actually install a new driver for my vga screen (or for anything else for that matter!)? There is a problem when Ubuntu 11.04 opens in my old Acer TravelMate 240 series laptop. I think ubuntu sets the resolution wrongly, then the screen goes blank while the os loads up. The only way I can get it back is to send the laptop to sleep, then wake it again. I can then enter my password and hey presto!

Support at acer suggest a new driver, which I have downloaded and saved. I cannot find a way of installing the thing (no windows-style device manager?). Perhaps you can offer a better suggestion anyway.

I have no idea how to access and edit start-up scripts in Ubuntu.

Many thanks
Greg

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#1

Have a look at:
Black screen when Ubuntu starts https://answers.launchpad.net/grub/+faq/1682
Could you report result of: sudo lshw -C display

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

It's an Intel GPU so you may need to add the boot option:

nomodeset

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Greg Price (clstutor) said : 		#3

Here it is!

guab1@guab1-TravelMate-240:~$ sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for guab1:
  *-display:0
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:11 memory:e8000000-efffffff memory:e0000000-e007ffff ioport:1800(size=8)
  *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
       description: Display controller
       product: 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2.1
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:f0000000-f7ffffff memory:e0080000-e00fffff

Thanks
Greg

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#4

Does nomodeset (as actionparsnip suggested) help?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132

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Greg Price (clstutor) said : 		#5

Thanks. This did work, once I found out how to access, save and update grub 2.