Intel HD3000 and Gnome Shell [SOLVED]

[Darvon]

Hi!

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad L520 and I've installed LMDE 64 bit. I have Intel hd3000 graphics (and no other video card). As I found out in this topic viewtopic.php?f=189&t=101801 , I've changed my /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf to i915.modeset=0 , so my system can boot now with showing the graphics.
The problem is, I can't change my screen resolution from 1024 x 768 to 1280 x 720. The bigger problem is, that the Gnome Shell is not working, it only boots to "Fallback mode".
So, how could I change the resolution and get gnome-shell to work?

[Darvon]

Is it even possible?

[GregE]

Is it even possible?

Intel 3000 graphics are well supported and should just work. So, undo what you did.
What problem were you trying to solve with the changes to i915-kms.conf?

Then when screen goes black on boot press CTL-ALT-F1 and try

sudo service lightdm restart

If that works and gives correct resolution then we can probably re edit the grub commands to fix.

[Darvon]

What problem were you trying to solve with the changes to i915-kms.conf?

The screen stays black with i915.modeset=1

Then when screen goes black on boot press CTL-ALT-F1 and try

sudo service lightdm restart

When I press ctrl alt f1, the screen stays black, nothing changes. I tried to log in "blindly", press ctrl alt f1, log in there blindly, and enter the command you suggested, but nothing changed. Of course I could have messed up the log in, so I don't know if that command works or not.

[GregE]

I do not have direct experience with your problem, so I am just running from a few searches. It appears to be a known bug with your particular notebook. Try "noapic acpi=off"

I guess you already know how to edit grub commands and update grub

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet noapic acpi=off "

Also updating to a 3.3 kernel would possibly do the job as well.

[Darvon]

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet noapic acpi=off "

That had no different effect than the change that I made with i915-kms.conf. I got a screen, but on a bad resolution.
But

updating to a 3.3 kernel would possibly do the job as well.

And yes, it worked like a charm! I did as described in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=141&t=62521&start=0 . Now I have a perfect resolution and a perfect gnome shell (I must be sick or something )
So, GregE, thank you very much!