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[Bryce Harrington <774999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Despite the sarcasm, a warning message is not a bad idea.  Would save us
maintainers from having to continually WONTFIX these types of bug
reports.

** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: xorg
+ [Problem]
+ Support for 8xx chipsets is dodgy at best, due to insufficient upstream testing/development/priorities.  Users frequently experience regressions and problems, which they find annoying.
  
+ For distro maintenance, we typically prioritize development work around
+ 915 and higher, and recommend owners of older hardware work directly
+ with upstream filing bugs at bugzilla.freedesktop.org rather than
+ launchpad.
+ 
+ This report requests a warning be presented to users on 8xx intel chips
+ that they're going to be pretty much on their own if they run into
+ problems, and so should do ample testing on their own using livecds and
+ whatnot before risking an upgrade.
+ 
+ 10.04 LTS was the last release us distro maintainers really paid
+ attention to 8xx problems, and so 8xx owners must be cautious upgrading
+ beyond that.
+ 
+ [Original Report]
  Posted from the X11 recovery session.
  
  None of the sessions works (except the recovery session, but that doesn't count) after upgrade from Maverick to Natty:
  - Ubuntu : a dialog box says the hadware is does not accept Unity, then screen is garbled (reboot from linux console)
  - Ubuntu Classic : screen is garbled  (reboot from linux console)
  - Ubuntu Classic (no effects) : system freeze
  
  Why the upgrade did not warn me about the lack of support for this
  hardware? I would not have upgraded. Or tested with the live CD.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: None
  DRM.card0.VGA.1:
   status: connected
   enabled: enabled
   dpms: On
   modes: 1680x1050 1280x1024 1280x1024 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 720x400
   edid-base64: AP///////wBMLQwDMjJFTQgSAQMOLx54KtUVpFVJmicUUFS/74CzAIGAgUBxTwEBAQEBAQEBfC6QoGAaHkAwIDYA2igRAAAaAAAA/QA4Sx5RDgAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABTeW5jTWFzdGVyCiAgAAAA/wBIUzNRMjEyOTE1CiAgAEY=
  Date: Sun May  1 18:54:42 2011
  DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-05-01 15:06:44.795705
  DistroCodename: natty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   virtualbox-ose, 4.0.4, 2.6.38-8-generic, i686: installed
   virtualbox-ose, 4.0.4, 2.6.35-28-generic, i686: installed
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2572] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company D530 sff(dc578av) [103c:12bc]
  Lsusb:
   Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP d530 SFF(DG059T)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_FR:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=5f7f6055-15cd-4412-bf5e-a49fcf303fe7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  Renderer: Unknown
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-01 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/10/2003
  dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.bios.version: 786B2 v1.11
  dmi.board.name: 085Ch
  dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CZC4161ZSK
  dmi.chassis.type: 4
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786B2v1.11:bd07/10/2003:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPd530SFF(DG059T):pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn085Ch:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct4:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: HP d530 SFF(DG059T)
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

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Title:
  [i865G] Upgrade should warn user about lack of support for old 8xx
  intel hardware