[ale] Ubuntu 10.04 doesn't like my laptop but 9.10 worked just fine on it?

[jcpilman at gmail.com]

I finally got my Dell X300 up to 10.04.  I used the same fix as Van.  The
most trouble I had was trying to interrupt grub so I could edit the config.
I had to hold down the shift key during a certain part of the boot.  It was
not one of the first twenty things I tried.
...John

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 9:25 PM, <jcpilman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had the same experience with my Dell x300.  I went back to 9.10, but
> I´ve been wanting to upgrade.  Thanks for posting the fix.  I´ll try
> it soon.
> ...John
>
> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Van Loggins <vanloggins at gmail.com> wrote:
> > wanted to advise that I figured out the problem with a little help from
> > google.
> >
> > I found the info on how to fix it here
> >
> >
> http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2010/05/06/ubuntu-10-04-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup-workaround/
> >
> > I had to edit grub and add i915.modeset=1 after quiet splash and now
> > it's working fine.
> >
> >
> > Van Loggins, A+
> >
> > 678-316-0136
> >
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/vanloggins
> >
> >
> > On 6/19/2010 12:50 PM, Van Loggins wrote:
> >> I have a Gateway M320 that I wanted to put Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on
> >>
> >> the problem is that something seems to have changed with Xorg in this
> >> version. for whatever reason the screen goes blank when it tries to
> >> start up x windows. I did a distribution upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04
> >> and everything seemed to go just fine. when it asked to reboot I let it.
> >>
> >> When it came back up it went to a black screen as soon as X started.
> >> Whatever is causing it is so bad that I can't even get a console to
> >> pop up by pressing ctrl-F1,ctrl-f2,etc.
> >>
> >> I downloaded the iso for 10.04 and tried to boot my laptop from it,
> >> and got the same problem, as soon as x starts it goes to a black screen.
> >>
> >> does anyone know a workaround for this issue?
> >>
> >> I'm going to download the alternate installer and try it next, but I'm
> >> not very hopeful at this point.
> >>
> >>
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