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bernacki
May 12th, 2010, 06:34 PM
So I tried to install ubuntu 10.04 on my 5 year old gateway laptop but the screen kept going blank when ubuntu was booting up. I was able to get to the menu screen and add "i915.modeset=1" after "quiet splash", which allowed ubuntu to load. I installed it on the hard drive successfully, but when I restarted the computer, it won't load again. I don't know how to fix this so I can run it from the hard drive.

utnubuuser
May 12th, 2010, 06:43 PM
you can add that line to /etc/default/grub so it's remembered between boots.

In /etc/default/grub find:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="quiet splash"
and change it to:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="quiet splash i915.modeset=1"

or give it its own line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="i915.modeset=1"
save, then
sudo update-grub


Better instructions here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting

bernacki
May 12th, 2010, 08:16 PM
How exactly do I do that? I'm not that experienced with stuff like this. When I start the computer up it goes to the Ubuntu loading screen for a few seconds and then the screen just goes blank right away.

Catharsis
May 13th, 2010, 03:25 AM
Even better instructions here :)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes