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  1. Bug #566379
  2. Comment #20

Comment 20 for bug 566379

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Peter Klotz (peter-klotz) wrote : Re: [i855] X doesn't start with kernel 2.6.32-21 unless passing i915.modeset=1

Had the same problem. My Acer TravelMate 662 laptop (Intel 855GM) refused to boot with Lucid. Adding boot option i915.modeset=1 fixed this problem.

Afterwards I was experiencing X crashes when playing videos with totem.

Installing the mainline kernel 2.6.33.3 provided by Ubuntu finally fixed all my problems, even the X crashes:

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.33.3-lucid/