Nevermind. I got it working, found some info on a gentoo forum. Apparently you can't use framebuffer with KMS which makes sense and I never used KMS so I didn't know this. So in case anyone else asks, I removed the framebuffer drivers and got it booting.
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll try to post that information... its tricky since my X doesn't > work... I can't use reportbug. Also, I've emailed bugs before about > bugs with reportbug so... > > But I have to say, has anyone tried to use KMS on an Intel GMA 950 > with the i915 driver, debian unstable, and the official 2.6.36 latest > stable linux kernel? > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Cesare Leonardi <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 10/26/2010 08:51 AM, Peter wrote: >>> >>> I checked out the links you sent, but I don't understand why, if it >>> worked previously, UMS is being removed as an option now. The thing >>> is, I have to mess with it more, but I think KMS may work partly with >>> 2.6.30 or 32 but I'm not sure. When I saw the update, I decided I >>> should update my kernel to see if that helped. On 2.6.36, I get a >>> black screen on boot with KMS! >>> >>> Could you maybe explain to me more technically why UMS is being >>> removed? I think I have an Intel GMA 950. >> >> Hi Peter. >> >> Upstream is working on KMS and considers UMS obsolete; Debian has chosen to >> follow that for the sake of sustainability. Currently many problems were >> solved and looking at the decrease of bug reports regarding the Intel driver >> on the debian-x mailing list, seems that the driver is in a rather good >> shape now. >> The reasons behind the UMS/KMS choices are scattered on various mailing >> list. I suggest you to search on these mailing list archives: >> Upstream: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/ >> Debian-x: http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/ >> Debian-kernel: http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/ >> >> Then i suggest you to followup to this bug using reportbug, so that >> important information about your hardware, your kernel and software versions >> are sent automatically. Because your report really lack many information. >> >> Please, at least post: >> - dmesg output >> - lspci output >> - linux-image version >> - xserver-xorg-video-intel driver version >> >> Ciao. >> >> Cesare. >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
