reassign 590893 linux-2.6 kthxbye On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 15:46:40 -0700, n...@cantrip.org wrote:
> Boot method: debian-testing-amd64-businesscard > Image version: > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/jigdo-cd/debian-testing-amd64-businesscard.jigdo > Date: 2010-07-27 17:26 > > Machine: Dell E6510, intel GMA 1920x1080 panel, intel 6200 wireless > Processor: i5-520 > Memory: 3 GB [...] > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor > Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) > Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:040b] > Kernel driver in use: i915 [...] > Major Problems: > > 1. Installation of Grub2 MBR failed, with no suggestions offered. > Installation of Grub 1 MBR failed. Installation of LILO succeeded. > After that, installation of Grub2 succeeded, and worked. > I'm hoping this is one of the bugs Colin is working on or has fixed, so I'll just focus this bug on the other issue: > 2. Starting X failed and froze the whole machine (flashing LEDs). > This turns out to be because the i915 kernel module in available > kernels is busted. Starting up in recovery mode with "i915.modeset=0", > Xorg -configure generated an xorg.conf file that Xorg.0.log said worked, > but the screen remained black. After changing the video driver named > in xorg.conf to "vesa", startup proceeded correctly to a working > graphical desktop, although screen brightness varies randomly. > Which exact kernel version was that (as reported in /proc/version)? > 3. The i915 driver found in experimental linux-image-2.6.35-rc6-amd64 > is fixed. Installing that with apt-get fails for dependencies on > unavailable linux-base and firmware-linux-free. I built my own from > apt-get source and make-kpkg, and it works. > Hopefully there'll be some more fixes in 2.6.35.1 for that, but please report the 2.6.35 issue at bugs.freedesktop.org against product DRI, component DRM/Intel anyway, so we can track it more easily. Cheers, Julien
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