>
> i've posted on a couple other lists but i figured i'd ask the
> experts. on my updated/upgraded ubuntu system (gateway NV79 with
> intel GPU), i've built my own kernel from the latest linus git tree as
> i've done many times in the past, but this kernel boots to a blank
> screen. here's a reference that seems to nicely summarize my
> situation:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/561802
>
> weirdly, i'm currently running an earlier "rc" hand-rolled git
> kernel which works fine:
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux lynx 2.6.37-rc5+ #1 SMP Fri Dec 10 12:09:02 EST 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> $
>
> (even though it says lynx, it's maverick simply fully updated.)
>
> and this is from lspci:
>
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor
> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 031c
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41
> Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
> Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
> I/O ports at 3050 [size=8]
> Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
> Capabilities: <access denied>
> Kernel driver in use: i915
> Kernel modules: i915
> ... snip ..
>
> i've tried various suggestions from google, as in "modeset noacpi"
> and others, but nothing works to get video on my rc7+ kernel. the
> rc5+ verison, though, boots properly without incident. and the link i
> gave to launchpad above suggests, at the bottom, that even as late as
> dec 12, people were still having problems.
>
> i'm open to suggestions, not scared to patch my kernel source and
> rebuild and reboot.
>
> rday
>
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