On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 21:27:52 -0600, joshua stein wrote:
>hi friends,
>
>this enables vt switching on my laptop (dell xps 13) with
>sandybridge video:
>
> vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel GT2 Video" rev 0x09
>
>previously it would do nothing on ctrl+alt+f1 and redraw the screen
>on ctrl+alt+f5. now i am able to switch between the console and X
>multiple times without any problems or artifacts.
>
>can i get some tests on other sandybridge systems like an x220 and
>on non-sandybridge intel video machines?
I have an E320 with the same dmesg line for vga1 as yours and a cpu
line:
cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz ("GenuineIntel"
686-class) 2.50 GHz
The bug made it impossible to get from X back to any console session
and I couldn't do anything in X once I had tried. An established ssh
session into the E320 would still work - handy to reboot - but I
couldn't make another ssh session.
That sounds a bit worse than yours so I should try your patch.
My tree was last updated about Feb 7 but I eyeballed the relevant file
and your patch matches.
What is the minimum path to just updating xenocara to your patch? I'm
used to doing everything in the "update the tree and make everything"
method and that way I don't have the hassles that some bunnies do. This
is the one time I don't want to do the lot because of some work I'm
involved with.
R/
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