Comment 21 for bug 147189

Unfortunately, I'm still having no luck:

I booted into single user mode from the hardy CD; edited the xorg.conf as per the instructions above and then ran "startx -- :0". I'd expect to at least see a mouse pointer on screen, but I still got a blank screen.

The Xorg.0.log file says that the mode I've added (1024x768@60, I also tried 640x480) is being used on the LVDS output (which should be the laptop panel, it's the only connected display). Before it said that 1280x768 (which is too high for the screen) was being used.

The extract from the log that makes me think it's trying to use the correct mode is below:

(**) intel(0): Option "PreferredMode" "1024x768_60.00"
(II) intel(0): I2C device "DVODDC_D:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "DVODDC_D:ddc2" removed.
(II) intel(0): Output VGA disconnected
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS connected
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS using initial mode 1024x768_60.00
(II) intel(0): Monitoring connected displays enabled