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** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: compiz
+ 
+ 10.10 regression.  This works fine on the 10.04 live DVD, but not on the
+ 10.10 live DVD.
+ 
+ Both DVD's were read verified before running these tests.
  
  10.10 live DVD boots up and (I think) runs and acts like it thinks it is
  displaying the desktop, but it doesn't display.  Mouse pointer is
- displayed over the last of the bootup message text.
+ displayed over the last of the bootup message text.  It switches from
+ the orange and white cycling dots to a text mode display.  Actually I
+ think that at that point it tried to change the video mode as setup for
+ going into X and the video mode change failed.
  
  If before booting, I select F6-nomodeset it comes up and runs
  reasonably.  There are problems (e.g. firefox window is black on black)
- until I turn off all desktop (3D) effects (they were on medium).
+ until I turn off all desktop (3D) effects (they were on medium).  If I
+ use 10.04 it acts the same, but at the very end, the desktop does come
+ up.
  
  This would appear to be a driver problem.  It thinks it is displaying,
  but it is not.  The attached lspci.txt shows the display card as  ATI
  Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility U1

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: compiz
  
  10.10 regression.  This works fine on the 10.04 live DVD, but not on the
  10.10 live DVD.
  
- Both DVD's were read verified before running these tests.
+ Both DVD's (10.10 and 10.04) were read verified before running these
+ tests.
  
  10.10 live DVD boots up and (I think) runs and acts like it thinks it is
  displaying the desktop, but it doesn't display.  Mouse pointer is
  displayed over the last of the bootup message text.  It switches from
  the orange and white cycling dots to a text mode display.  Actually I
  think that at that point it tried to change the video mode as setup for
  going into X and the video mode change failed.
  
  If before booting, I select F6-nomodeset it comes up and runs
  reasonably.  There are problems (e.g. firefox window is black on black)
  until I turn off all desktop (3D) effects (they were on medium).  If I
  use 10.04 it acts the same, but at the very end, the desktop does come
  up.
  
  This would appear to be a driver problem.  It thinks it is displaying,
  but it is not.  The attached lspci.txt shows the display card as  ATI
  Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility U1

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Title:
  10.10 live DVD won't run on HP Compaq Presario 2100 laptop