Comment 20 for bug 287475

DT> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.

I'm pleased to be able to help - I love my U8.04 but 8.10 is still
unusable. I have kept it fully patched (currently running as
2.6.27-generic with Gnome 2.24.1) but it still mostly fails to boot the
video properly - then sometimes it does, maybe 3 or 4 times in a row, &
I think 'Yeeee' they've fixed it - then not and I go back to 8.04 (dual
boot)).

Sorry I can't offer the skills to fix it myself, but if you need me to
run any tests (simple instructions please!) I happily will.

One final clue(?) is it some sort of hardware race or timing issue (?)
because, even when it does boot right, if I watch a Youtube or video I
notice little white 'sparks' at the screen of the scan (ie LHS) jiggling
up and down the screen. In 8.04 everything is rock-solid and stable.

Many thanks for all your (plural) help.

Cheers,

Doug

ps I haven't tried 9.04 beta yet. Should I? - though I'll need to wipe 8.10 (no worries).

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Dan Trevino wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue
> for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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