Video driver fails on Intel 810 card

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I had exactly the same problem and after a WEEK OF FIDDLING I got it to
work.  Here are the changes I made to my default Breezy install that I
think mattered:



sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.1st

on kernel line, add "vga=771" (without the quotes) to kill the flashing
boot screen

ctrl-x to save



sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

in i810 section, add the videoram 32768 line 

Section "Device"

Identifier      "Intel Corporation 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics
Controll...]

Driver          "i810"

BusID           "PCI:0:2:0"

VideoRam        32768

EndSection



In the screen section, I have defaultdepth 16:

DefaultDepth    16

SubSection "Display"

Depth           16

Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection



I may have to re-install Breezy to re-check these settings since I've
done so much other testing.  I started out trying to fix suspend-to-ram
or hibernate (trying all the kernels available, enabling/disabling acpi
stuff, etc.), but all to no avail.  I hit upon something that made me
think the ctrl-alt-f2, f3, etc. was related, so I started trying to fix
that first.



I can now boot into the GUI, press Ctrl-alt-f1, f2, etc., to switch to
various text screens, log into them, etc., and press ctrl-alt-f7 to get
back to X.


-- 
Joeak