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

Sat Nov 8 18:48:03 UTC 2014

On Sat, 08 Nov 2014 10:13:48 -0700
Aere Greenway <Aere at Dvorak-Keyboards.com> wrote:

> live-DVD/USB system in such machines, but not certain that it is the 
I would say it is time to make a backup if this bug could affect you. You should have one anyway and this way you will not lose any data. I know it may be recoverable from a live session but this way if you do end up with a non booting system you have not lost anything. 

Having an install on an external hard disk with not much data on it could be a really nice way to test this. First you could have the latest updates on it then try to boot from usb from many different machines and see which chipsets are effected. A large usb flash drive may work too in a pinch but those wear out faster. This also won't effect data on their partitions if you do not own the machine and it belongs to a friend or family member.  
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Brendan Perrine <walterorlin at gmail.com>