Well I have been able to narrow it down a bit. - It is definitely a 945GM/i915/KMS issue. - The freeze happens exactly at the moment resolution is changed in the framebuffer. - If I boot 10 times with "nomodeset", it is 10 times ok without freeze (however this leaves me with max 1024x768 on a 1280x800 panel which isn't practical as a workaround). - If I add intel_agp and i915 to initramfs (to load them early in the boot process), the freezes still happen and they happen much earlier (before LUKS etc) at the point where the framebuffer would change resolution. I've noticed there are (old) notes on 945M in the wiki: https://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting#Intel_GfxCards
But I verified and it seems we currently ship with these values built-in by default, so it doesn't apply here. CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_ROTATION=y Please tell me if you want me to do additional testing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1425305076.2424254.234327725.5121b...@webmail.messagingengine.com
