Bug#627372: Console turns black during boot.

2012-01-01 Thread Jonathan Nieder
found 627372 linux-2.6/2.6.38-3 quit AlanKim Zimmerman wrote: > 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 FWIW: Debian testing didn't change much during the squeeze fr

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 wrote: > found 627372 linux-2.6/3.2~rc7-1~experimental.1 > quit > > Jon

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 se

Bug#627372: Console turns black during boot.

2012-01-01 Thread Jonathan Nieder
found 627372 linux-2.6/3.2~rc7-1~experimental.1 quit Jonathan Nieder wrote: > A good next step would be to try 3.2-rc6 or newer from experimental, My bad --- you already tested. Thanks for that, and sorry for the noise. If you have time for it, could you try a few intermediate kernels halfway

Bug#627372: Console turns black during boot.

2012-01-01 Thread Jonathan Nieder
AlanKim Zimmerman wrote: > The setpci solves the issue, and by following the ubuntu bug fix the > command is put into /etc/rc.local Yuck. Marking as a duplicate of fdo bug 40455. We can undo that later if a fix for 40455 doesn't help. :) Thanks for investigating. A good next step would be to

Bug#627372: Console turns black during boot.

2012-01-01 Thread AlanKim Zimmerman
Solved, properly this time. The prior dmesg log showed the backlight being set to 0. This article rwfers to the problem, half way down the page http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA " Backlight off at boot on 4500M There is an issue for Acer Aspire 5736z with a GMA 4500M graphics chip, this

Bug#627372: Console turns black during boot.

2012-01-01 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, AlanKim Zimmerman wrote: > BTW, I hope there is enough detail there. Seems the i915 debug info ended > up empty, and the detailed dmesg seems to have junk. > > Not sure I have the will right now to reinstall the driver, shut down and > reboot in the flaky mode. > > I will if required, though.

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 wrote: > Alan Zimmerman wrote: > > > I reinstalled the video-intel package. > > > > When the console turns black, the machine is still usable. Booting in > > rec

Bug#627372: Console turns black during boot.

2011-12-23 Thread Jonathan Nieder
found 627372 linux-2.6/3.1.5-1 quit Alan Zimmerman wrote: > I actually had that in my original mail, then figured that since I was > removing the video-intel driver and it sorted it, the issue was not > necessarily relevant. > > When I have a moment I will generate the upstream bug report. Thank

Bug#627372: Console turns black during boot.

2011-12-22 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Alan Zimmerman wrote: > I reinstalled the video-intel package. > > When the console turns black, the machine is still usable. Booting in > recovery mode makes no difference. I see. Removing the intel driver means removing the file in /etc/modprobe.d that enables kernel mode setting (see NEWS.Deb

Bug#627372: Console turns black during boot.

2011-12-22 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Alan, Alan Zimmerman wrote: > 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 witho