On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 06:48:50PM -0600, [email protected] wrote: > 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 > ... > > 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? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't have any intel hardware so I'm just an "innocent" bystander (ok, I've put 2.6.37 in the LFS book, but it works fine on the two machines where I've built it, and -rc8 is fine on another), but I doubt that trying xorg-7.6 will help. I get the feeling that every fix for an intel graphics chip in the kernel causes a problem with a different intel chip - fortunately, radeon only has that situation in the xorg driver ;-)
Perhaps, you could try a newer xorg intel driver, but it's probably a kernel regression. FWIW, on the initial 2.6.38 merges Linus has got a (different) problem with the intel code on one of his machines. I think he tests with the current version of fedora, but obviously only on his own hardware. Unfortunately, the only way to catch these things is to test -rc versions of the kernel on your own hardware and .config (and then, when from time to time it does break, bisect it and report it - not always a nice process). As I said in a different thread, the parts of xorg-7.6 that I use [ except mesa-demos, which is now separate, and mostly/totally unuseful on my old AGP radeons (7500/9200se) ] seem OK. But, apart from "newer, shinier" I haven't seen any reason to upgrade an existing system. In theory, with the demise of a monolithic X you can uppgrade the individual parts (within reason). ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
