Bug#627372: [2.6.32 - 2.6.38 regression] GM45: Console turns black during boot

2012-04-27 Thread AlanKim Zimmerman
Hi I compiled both versions as per your instructions, and the behaviour is the same each time. I need to use setpci ... to get the screen backlight on. Do you need any additional information? Alan On Apr 26, 2012 7:23 PM, Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com wrote: tags 627372 + upstream patch

Bug#627372: Console turns black during boot.

2012-01-01 Thread AlanKim Zimmerman
2:55 PM, AlanKim Zimmerman alan.z...@gmail.com wrote:

Bug#627372: Console turns black during boot.

2012-01-01 Thread AlanKim Zimmerman
Additional info: the screen needs to be turned on again after lid closure or screensaver timeout. It seems to be achieved by creating a file called /etc/acpi/local/lid.sh.post with the following contents --- #!/bin/sh # To fix video-intel backlight off on start bug

Bug#627372: Console turns black during boot.

2012-01-01 Thread AlanKim Zimmerman
Hi Just reflecting on this. I was following Debian testing, and installing the kernels as they came through. The last one that worked for me was linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 Alan On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com wrote: found 627372

Bug#627372: Console turns black during boot.

2011-12-26 Thread AlanKim Zimmerman
The bug has been reported as https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44156 Alan On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com wrote: Alan Zimmerman wrote: I reinstalled the video-intel package. When the console turns black, the machine is still usable. Booting

Bug#627372: [Solved] Console turns black during boot.

2011-12-21 Thread AlanKim Zimmerman
I revisited this problem tonight, and it seems related to the xserver-xorg-video-intel package. In desperation, I uninstalled it. # uname -a Linux alanz-laptop 3.1.0-1-686-pae #1 SMP Mon Nov 14 08:24:20 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux It now boots without problems. The video seems fine, I get #