Intel 8XX graphic chips
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How to fix the "Black Screen of Death" on i845, i855 and some (but not all) other 8xx graphics chips. GTT Incoherency Patch. (e.g. Dell Inspiron 1100.
Both Media:Dell-fix.sh and the step by step instructions do the same thing.
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Easy way
- Download this file Media:Dell-fix.sh
- make it executable by running
chmod +x Dell-fix.sh
(make sure you are in the same directory as you downloaded it to). - run it as
sudo bash Dell-fix.sh
Step by Step
Install the 855gm PPA and the patched kernel.
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:brian-rogers/graphics-fixes-testing
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.37-graphics2+12 linux-headers-2.6.37-graphics2+12-generic linux-image-2.6.37-graphics2+12-generic
- sudo apt-get install
If that doesn't work go on to the next commands.
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:glasen/intel-driver
- sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
If that doesn't work go on to the next commands.
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:glasen/855gm-fix
- sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install dkms 855gm-fix-dkms
Additional Steps
- (create /etc/X11/x.org)
- Add the following lines
Section "Module" Disable "dri" Disable "glx" EndSection