Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) daily build for March 15, 2010 runs with nomodeset on Intel 830m video!

Posted by Steven_Rosenber on Mar 16, 2010 10:32 PM EDT
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I thought Linux in general and Xorg in particular were throwing those of us with "older" Intel video chips under the virtual bus. I couldn't even get Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) Alpha 3 to boot on my Intel 830m (aka i830m and in my case Intel 82830 CGC)-equipped laptops, where my old standby of dropping i915.modeset=0 or nomodeset on the boot line would clear things up. Today I decided to download and burn the daily build ISO of Lucid for March 15.

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