Hello,
"ASUS P5E-VM HDMI" with Intel G35/ICH9R.
Intel Core2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz, 4GB
(B)LFS i686-pc-linux-gnu 2.6.37
I upgraded to 2.6.37 (from 2.6.36.2) and, for the first time
in recent memory, the system freezes solid on trying to go to graphics.
My long standing intel driver seems to disagree with 2.6.37:
X.Org X Server 1.7.3
Release Date: 2009-12-3
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.32 i686
Current Operating System: Linux AlexLFS 2.6.37 #1 SMP Mon Jan 10 20:36:16 EST
2011 i686
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda3
Build Date: 21 December 2009 12:52:13AM
...
(II) LoadModule: "intel"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/X11/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
(II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.3, module version = 2.9.1
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
...
(II) intel(0): Comparing regs from server start up to After PreInit
(==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) intel(0): Kernel reported 803584 total, 0 used
(II) intel(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 3214336 kB available
(II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
(**) intel(0): Framebuffer compression disabled
(**) intel(0): Tiling enabled
(**) intel(0): SwapBuffers wait enabled
(==) intel(0): VideoRam: 262144 KB
(II) intel(0): Attempting memory allocation with tiled buffers.
(II) intel(0): Tiled allocation successful.
(II) intel(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000
(II) UXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations:
(II) solid
(II) copy
(II) composite (RENDER acceleration)
(==) intel(0): Backing store disabled
(==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) intel(0): Initializing HW Cursor
(II) intel(0): Current clock rate multiplier: 8
(END - i.e., that's all folks: Blank Screen of Death)
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Interestingly (coincidentally?), Linus (himself) makes the
following comment in the 2.6.37 release:
"We did have another revert to fix hopefully the last "blank screen"
regression on intel graphics."
<https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/1/4/266>
I noticed Xorg has been at 7.6 for quite a while.
Before BLFS releases the official instructions, maybe I should try to
install it on my own in order to test.
Good idea?
Is it possible Linus tested with (and fixed) the intel driver for 7.6?
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My system references:
'xorg.conf'
Section "Device"
...
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "ASUS P5E-VM HDMI, Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel G35"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
'/usr/lib/X11/modules/drivers/'
2744358 2009-12-21 01:23 intel_drv.so
Thanks,
-- Alex
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