MrMEEE/ironhide — Issue #190: Blank screen after installing and configuring ironhide (dell xps l502x)
Author: hdpq
Created: 2011-12-03 12:20:23+00:00
State: open

Hello, I'm trying to get Ironhide to work on a new Dell XPS 15 L502x laptop with nVidia GF GT 540M. I've downloaded Ironhide via the Oneiric PPA, installed it and ran
sudo ironhide-configuration
After some trial and error (reboots, rm /usr/local/bin/ironhide or something like that, re-runs of ironhide-configuration) I've managed to get the tests to work (It was Marvin E Budd configuration, if I remember correctly) and the glxgears showed up during both tests. I considered that a successful result and rebooted. However, during the next boot I got a blank screen - in grub I chose the suggested entry (the most recent kernel) and it started loading, then the ubuntu logo came up for like 0.5s and the screen turned blank. This now happens every time for every kernel (even the older ones) so my Ubuntu installation is unusable (the recovery console is still accessible, though). Luckily I can still boot to win7.
This is the first time I've dealt with hybrid video cards, so please bear with me. Help would be much appreciated. Thank you for your time and please let me know if I can provide more information about the issue.