Fwd: [Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen

Thu Nov 6 05:28:29 UTC 2014

Hi Aere,

Please report this as a bug to Launchpad :-)

Best regards
Nio

Den 2014-11-06 02:41, Aere Greenway skrev:
> Lubuntu Users:
> 
> Beware of the latest system updates for 14.04.01. 
> 
> In it was an update for the xserver-xorg-video-intel package. 
> 
> Seeing that, I thought I should check out my Compac DeskPro (933
> megahertz) machine with (as I recall) an i915 (old Intel) graphics card,
> to see if they had fixed the 'ragged graphics' a.k.a. 'tearing'. 
> 
> As it turned out, they had indeed 'fixed' it, rendering the lubuntu
> partition un-bootable (even when earlier kernels are selected). 
> 
> It appears to boot normally, but at the point the login screen should
> appear, a blank black screen remains (for who knows how long - it stayed
> that way until I finally hit the power button, upon which it initiated
> shut-down. 
> 
> If you have a Lubuntu 14.04 system with the old Intel graphics, applying
> system updates may destroy your system. 
> 
> - Aere
> 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: 	[Bug 1389904] Re: With the recent update to
> xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a black screen
> Date: 	Wed, 05 Nov 2014 23:57:50 -0000
> From: 	Aere Greenway <1389904 at bugs.launchpad.net>
> Reply-To: 	Bug 1389904 <1389904 at bugs.launchpad.net>
> To: 	Aere at Dvorak-Keyboards.com
> 
> 
> 
> An lspci command on this machine yields the following information:
> 
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller (CGC) (rev 02)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 02)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1f.4 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 02)
> 02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
> 02:09.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation OHCI USB Controller (rev 43)
> 02:09.1 USB controller: NEC Corporation OHCI USB Controller (rev 43)
> 02:09.2 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD72010x USB 2.0 Controller (rev 04)
> 02:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 06)
> 02:0a.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 06)
> 
> sysinfo yields the following information about the graphics card:
> 
> VGA compatible controller
>       Intel Corporation 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller (CGC) (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>       Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation Device 001a
> 
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> Title:
>   With the recent update to xserver-xorg-video-intel, system boots to a
>   black screen
> 
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu:
>   New
> 
> Bug description:
>   The latest system updates for Lubuntu 14.04 includes an update to the
>   i915 display driver, which this machine uses.
> 
>   After applying updates and rebooting, at the end of the boot process,
>   where normally the login screen appears, the screen remains blank
>   (with a black background color).
> 
>   That change has rendered my Lubuntu 14.04 partition completely
>   unusable, even when booting earlier versions of the kernel.
>   Regardless the kernel level booted, the system now boots to a blank
>   screen.
> 
>   Because of this, I had to report the error on my UbuntuStudio 14.04
>   partition, to which I have not yet applied updates.  So the level of
>   the Intel i915 driver package in this error report is the version
>   prior to the updated version that (probably) caused the problem.
> 
>   1. The release of ubuntu with the problem is Lubuntu 14.04.1, with a
>   kernel version ending in ".39".
> 
>   2. The last working version of xserver-xorg-video-intel is
>   2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 I can't boot by Lubuntu partition anymore to tell
>   you the version number that fails, but it is later than the indicated
>   version.
> 
>   3. Prior to installing system updates, my Lubuntu 14.04.01 system
>   worked fine, and I was able to boot it and perform my suite of tests
>   (it's a test system).  After applying updates, it boots to a blank
>   screen, and I cannot do anything with it.  I expected the login screen
>   to appear, but it doesn't, and there is no error message.
> 
>   4. After applying system updates I expected my system to reboot
>   normally, allowing me to login.  Instead, a blank screen is displayed,
>   with no error message, and the login screen does not appear after many
>   minutes of waiting.  If I hit the power button, it initiates shutdown.
>   Hitting several keyboard characters (or typing my password to the
>   blank screen) had no effect.
> 
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
>   Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-lowlatency 3.13.11.4
>   Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-lowlatency i686
>   ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
>   Architecture: i386
>   CurrentDesktop: XFCE
>   Date: Wed Nov  5 16:13:54 2014
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-28 (191 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140416.3)
>   SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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