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[Ryan Kaskel <777815@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

After upgrading to Natty, I cannot boot without getting very odd output
from X. The text is wavy, blurry, and unreadable. This only happens in
kernels 2.6.38 and up and also happens if I boot a different Linux
distro using a kernel >= 2.6.38 (i.e. Fedora). I can use Unity under
2.6.35.

Here is a video of after I boot and then drop down into a terminal with
Ctl-Alt-F2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8H6KB7N42o

I can run commands although I can't visibly see the output. I can only
understand what is happening if I know what sort of "shape" the output
text should look like.

Everything worked fine in Ubuntu 10.10. I cannot boot the live CD, nor
any other distro with Kernel 2.6.38 and greater.

What else can I do to help get a fix in for this bug?

Here is some more relevant information:
$ sudo lshw -c video
[sudo] password for ryan:
  *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: GT216 [GeForce GT 330M]
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a2
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:ac000000-acffffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff memory:ae000000-afffffff ioport:2000(size=128)
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 02
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:46 memory:f2000000-f23fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:1800(size=8)

The only strange things in X.org (I don't know if these are related):

[ 20.144] (EE) intel(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:0000:00:02.0: No such file or directory
[ 20.144] (EE) intel(0): Failed to become DRM master.
[ 20.144] (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
 "Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 20.144] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 20.144] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
[ 20.144] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 20.144] (II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) Arrandale
[ 20.144] (--) intel(0): Chipset: "Arrandale"
[ 20.144] (**) intel(0): Relaxed fencing disabled
[ 20.144] (**) intel(0): Framebuffer tiled
[ 20.144] (**) intel(0): Pixmaps tiled
[ 20.144] (**) intel(0): 3D buffers tiled
[ 20.144] (**) intel(0): SwapBuffers wait enabled
[ 20.144] (==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
[ 20.144] (EE) intel(0): failed to get resources: Bad file descriptor
[ 20.144] (II) UnloadModule: "intel"
[ 20.144] (II) Unloading intel
[ 20.144] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[ 20.144]
Fatal server error:
[ 20.144] no screens found
[ 20.144]

This is also a question I posted in the "answers" section with the same
information: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-
video-intel/+question/156082

** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  [i915] Weird output after X starts