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[jerrylamos <jerrylamos@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Douglas, from a user standpoint what changed was adding the KMS graphics
feature to the kernel so the command line kernel operates in graphics
mode as well as the regular gdm graphics display mode.  Presumably this
allows faster switching between users and I don't know what else.  I
never switch between users so I don't get any benefit.  Also, switching
to the kernel by doing Ctrl-Alt-F1 is faster because there isn't any
graphics mode resetting.  I only ever do that when I'm attempting to
deal with a bug or doing bug reporting.  Time saved by not resetting the
video graphics mode is miniscule to me.

>From the user's view, the kernel graphics mode and the gdm don't seem to
be well coordinated at all.  The kernel fires up graphics mode, you can
tell with the tiny print, then X windows starts later setting the
graphics mode again and the two do not seem to be working together so
crash!

Developers have also alluded to some future KMS things they want to do
that I'm not aware of.

At the moment both my i830 integrated video graphics and my i845G
integrated video graphics run with the latest Release Code level of
ubuntu, no changes required.  Note I only use "quiet" and not "quiet
splash" since splash is always the same and does not add any new info,
and has a history of causing video graphics problems.  So booting up I
just look at a black screen with a blinking underline in the top left
corner for a few seconds until gdm starts.

First real trouble I had with video graphics was Compiz on Intrepid so
it is blacklisted.  Compiz is "gdm eye candy" and has nothing to do with
my running applications which I do full screen anyway.

Hang in there.  Jerry

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