Dell Inspiron 6400 / 1505 Feisty install advice

[Paul S]

Derek Broughton said the following on 05/07/2007 09:18 AM:
> O. Sinclair wrote:
> 
>> Have just done a clean sweep and installed my Dell Inspiron 6400 (also
>> model 1505 elsewhere) with Kubuntu 7.04 Feisty and just to tell those
>> who might be considering DO  NOT TRY without having access to this wiki;
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=257684
>>
>> since X will not start after installation, that took me 3 reinstalls to
>> figure out. In Dapper & Edgy X would start with vesa drivers and though
>> not looking good would work until ATI drivers could be installed. No
>> such luck in Feisty for unknown reasons.
> 
> Clearly then, the problem is not the Inspiron 6400 but the Inspiron 6400
> with ATI display adapter.  Most Inspirons come with a well supported Intel
> chipset, and ATI is an extra-cost option.

Yes, apparently it's a xorg bug when using the vesa driver.  This 
applies to more than just ati cards.  Xorg will try to use the vesa if 
it detects the card is unsupported.  There's an active bug on it. 
Hopefully, it won't repeat on 7.10.