On 2011-01-21 17:29 +0100, Richard Lawrence wrote: > So I tried booting with acpi=off, as I have seen a number of sources > that say this helps X-related problems on the Macbook go away. The > result was: no change in mouse; no change in the graphics resolution; > but really slow keyboard interaction (at the console and in X). To fix > the mouse, I tried unloading and then reloading the appletouch module, > which actually did help a bit, but didn't bring the mouse back to its > normal functionality.
With acpi=off, many things will not work well (or at all). Indeed this option breaks the i915 kernel module on my laptop. > Rebooted again (without acpi=off). Now I'm in X at native resolution, > for the first time since installing Squeeze. Mouse works beautifully. > /var/log/Xorg.0.log shows that I am at last using the intel driver. The > only line before the driver initialization that I can see is different > from previous attempts is: > > (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa > > ...So should I just hope it lasts? :) There is an error message from your other post > [drm:i915_handle_error] *ERROR* EIR stuck: 0x00000010, masking which I think is not fatal, but you could try a newer kernel (e.g. 2.6.37 from experimental) and see if runs more stable than the Squeeze kernel on your system. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/874o9288l9....@turtle.gmx.de