Xserver won't load on 12.10 Secure LiveUSB
I saw someone with a similar problem, unfortunately his fix didn't help me. This HP 2000-2b49WM Notebook PC can't boot Ubuntu 12.10 Secure from a CD (Fedora's new CD works but has other problems), I have to make the ISO into a LiveUSB for it to even try. The graphics aren't working, it's either completely black, kicked to console by Xorg error, or black for first half of the boot and very very dark tinted after it loads (so dark it almost looks black, but it is showing a shutdown dialog when I press the power button. you just have to look really hard in the right light). Here are some kernel options I've tried. I just want it to boot into Live mode, so I can make sure it works and then do the Install.
i915.modeset=0 : Nothing
xforcevesa : Nothing
i915.modeset=0 xforcevesa : Kicked to console by Xserver (No Screens Found)
acpi=off : Looks to boot normally, (best looking splash screen so far) but spews out "/init Line 7 /dev/sr0 no medium" over and over. ...I'm thinking this is because I have to use a LiveUSB and it's expecting a CD/DVD somewhere?
i915.blacklist=1: Kicked to console by Xserver (No Screens Found)
nomodeset : doesn't work
Using default settings with no special kernel options I was able to get a completely black screen on the first half of the boot, but then when I press the power button I can see a "Shutdown Dialog" with buttons & cursor. The thing is, the screen is so dark I have to put my eyeballs against the screen to read what the buttons say. I mean the whole thing is WAY too dark. Most people would dismiss it as a black screen, but I could actually see my mouse move over the buttons very very faintly if I look really close.
...trying to reconfigure Xorg when i DO get to a console tells me number of screens doesn't match. Also, with i915.blacklist=1 Xorg -configure tells me "Invalid Parameter" for inserting i915.ko module, and "Invalid value 1".
My machine has Windows 8 pre-installed on it (UEFI).
My video card is recognized by Linux as: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) (says UNCLAIMED in lshw)
Machine is recognized as: HP 2000 Notebook PC
On a personal note, I love debian and ubuntu. I got this laptop so I could make it a linux machine, so this is very disappointing. I have 2 other machines that I run linux on, and i've never had these kind of problems (i've had problems, but they would at least boot so I could fix them)...anyone have any clues? The way dark screen gives me hope, like it just needs to be tweaked the right way. has anyone seen anything like this before?
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