The latest linux upload included a change to disable KMS on the i855, which your lspci output shows is what you have. So this may be a regression caused by disabling KMS on your system.
Please boot each of the following ways and report the results:
- with the 'splash' option removed from the kernel commandline
- with 'splash' and 'i915.modeset=1' included on the kernel commandline
The latest linux upload included a change to disable KMS on the i855, which your lspci output shows is what you have. So this may be a regression caused by disabling KMS on your system.
Please boot each of the following ways and report the results:
- with the 'splash' option removed from the kernel commandline
- with 'splash' and 'i915.modeset=1' included on the kernel commandline