16.04 update/dist-upgrade (Solved)

[Colin Law]

On 15 March 2018 at 07:45, Grizzly via ubuntu-users <
ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 14 March 2018  at 19:34, Grizzly via ubuntu-users wrote:
> Re: 16.04 update/dist-upgrade (at least in part)
>
> >14 March 2018  at 16:34, Colin Law wrote:
> >Re: 16.04 update/dist-upgrade (at least in part)
>
> Many Many thanks Colin
>
> >>The fact that you have autologin enabled and syslog is not showing
> anything
> >>obvious means it may well be  a graphics problem after login
>
> Not exactly, it is a graphics problem, but autologon=off leaves the logon
> box
> behind the "black squiggles" and cant be seen, with autologon=on you get
> into
> the system, but still have the problem
>
> >Think you may have hit the nail there
>
> >It's an Intel Mobile 945GM, which seems to have a problem similar
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1724639
>
> Followed the bug report and the "work around" worked
>

Just for reference can you say which comment number describes the
particular workaround that worked please.

Thanks

Colin
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