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[Joel VanderWerf <joelvanderwerf@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Jonathan, that seems to work.

(I'd still like to know how to set the cmdline of _one_ linux entry, 
rather than all of them, but that's just out of curiosity and not on 
topic here.)

Jonathan Wagner wrote:
> Edit /etc/default/grub and then run update-grub to update the (new in 
> grub2) /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
>
> The line you're interested in is GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. Mine is set 
> to the following:
>                                     
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="acpi_backlight=vendor i915.powersave=0 
> vga=792 quiet splash"                                  
>
> Jonathan Wagner
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Joel VanderWerf 
> <joelvanderwerf@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:joelvanderwerf@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>
>     Works for me when I add that parameter at boot time, but I don't
>     know how to permanently add it. The answer used to be menu.lst. But
>     in 9.10 and later, where does it go? Somewhere in /etc/grub.d, I
>     suppose?
>
>     I'm using 9.10 on ul80vt, with kernel 2.6.33-020633-generic.
>
>     Appreciate any suggestions...
>
>
>     Tero Mononen wrote:
>
>         Hi
>
>         Kernel parameter i915.powersave=0 in grub fixes this issue and
>         I'm very pleased by that.
>
>
>         Tero Mononen
>
>         On 04/13/2010 05:42 PM, Ralf Barth wrote:
>
>             On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:32:54 -0400
>             Michael Hess<mhess@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mhess@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
>              wrote:
>
>              
>
>                 Can others confirm that it's definitely a kernel
>                 problem?  I'm trying
>                 to decide if I should exchange the laptop for another.
>                    
>
>             Definitely a kernel problem. You could easily downgrade to
>             2.6.31 and
>             notice the flickering is gone. It's due to new DRM kernel
>             code since
>             2.6.32 and still present in .34 RCs
>
>             Cheers,
>             Ralf.
>
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