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[Ben Blout <bdbnew@xxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xorg

I have been running Lucid for about three weeks.  Roughly five days ago,
on a reboot, X did not start properly, and I was presented with a
recovery screen, which allowed me to use a low-graphics mode for that
session only.

However, it turns out that X starts perfectly roughly three out of every
four boots.  I have no idea what might be causing this intermittent
behavior.  I doubt it is a hardware problem - I have been using this
machine continuously with no problems for about a year.

The xorg log attached automatically by ubuntu-bug shows what happens
when I am thrown into low-graphics mode.  The 'old' xorg log attached by
ubuntu-bug is from my previous boot - it shows a successful startup.

Please let me know what additional information I might supply to help
troubleshoot this odd (at least to me!) problem.  In case it is helpful,
I have attached the section of my syslog from this startup.

Also starting about five days ago, I lose all video during the boot -
for a length of time my monitor displays 'no signal'.  So, for example,
if a fsck is run during the boot, I have no idea what is happening, as
there is no video output during that stage of boot.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 12 22:15:25 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/installer/media-info'
MachineType: ECS A780GM-A
Package: xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu2
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-13-generic root=/dev/mapper/new--lvm-root ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-13.18-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu2
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.7-0ubuntu8
 libdrm2 2.4.17-0ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-1ubuntu4
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-13-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 05/20/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080014
dmi.board.name: A780GM-A
dmi.board.vendor: ECS
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: ECS
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080014:bd05/20/2008:svnECS:pnA780GM-A:pvr1.0:rvnECS:rnA780GM-A:rvr1.0:cvnECS:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: A780GM-A
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ECS
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 architecture:       i686kernel:             2.6.32-13-generic

** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid

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[lucid] HD3200 intermittently does not start, resulting in low-graphics mode
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/521260
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