Package: src:linux Version: 3.7.1-1~experimental.2 Severity: normal I'm experiencing an issue with my Intel GM945 (i915 driver) based system; a Dell Vostro 1500 laptop.
When booting from a fresh install of Debian Sid, as well as with the 3.7 kernel from experimental, I am usually presented with a black screen after udev in the boot process. Sometimes, although rare, I will be properly presented with a console instead of a black screen. Adjusting the backlight works fine; I can see it brighten and dim as requested, so those sets of issues appear unrelated. Changing TTYs does not make the problem go away, either. I can still shell into the machine remotely, so the machine is not frozen. Booting with the kernel parameter i915.modeset=0 drops me at a standard 80x25 console without issue. I've found two workarounds that allow me to use KMS and be presented with a console: 1) Including the i915 driver in my initramfs. 2) Booting with the kernel parameter video=SVIDEO-1:d. Further, if I hibernate the machine (suspend to disk) with the black screen, upon restarting I am presented with a console as expected. There is a relevant upstream bug report which I have commented on here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53926#c43 -- Nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
