Ubuntu Lucid gets kernel mode setting right (by automatically turning it off) for older Intel chipsets

Posted by Steven_Rosenber on May 11, 2010 9:18 PM EDT
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Kernel mode setting hasn't been "fixed" for older Intel video, but at least the kernel knows not to turn it on when you're running an i915-type chipset (of which i810 is seemingly a subset). This is how things should have been handled from the beginning. Better late than never. This remains huge for Linux — and for Ubuntu. Why? Because the potential new user with affected Intel chipsets can now grab a live CD, start up Ubuntu and actually have it work. They won't be stopped and immediately turned off by a totally black screen.

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