On Dec 22, 2011, at 9:54 PM, Brian Callahan <[email protected]> wrote: ... >> Description: > I know that Sandybridge support is still very preliminary and only > became available yesterday. > I cannot return the computer to the console once X has been started. > When you attempt to quit X, the screen goes black and refuses to > return to the console. It doesn't appear to hang, but it does become > unresponsive to any keyboard input. You can still SSH into the box and > use it from there. Restarting the box from SSH also seems to be the > only remedy to get a working keyboard and screen.
Another thing to try as a possible workaround is to suspend and resume after switching to the text console. The previous generation of intel graphics on my T510 thinkpad has the same inability to restore text mode directly but the reset by the ACPI and lower bits does the trick (...though that kills the USB ports. Trade offs..) Philip Guenther
