Hi Gordon, Jin, Gordon wrote: > 2.6.31.1 with KMS enabled works for me. And with KMS disabled I see the > problem you meet. > > As UMS has been removed after 2.9.0, I'd suggest you to use KMS.
Thank you for sharing this information. I figured out KMS stands for kernel mode switching and UMS for user mode switching. I also read some background information on what it does and why. $ modinfo i915 filename: /lib/modules/2.6.30-2-686/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko license: GPL and additional rights description: Intel Graphics author: Tungsten Graphics, Inc. license: GPL and additional rights depends: drm,i2c-core,video,i2c-algo-bit vermagic: 2.6.30-2-686 SMP mod_unload modversions 686 parm: modeset:int parm: fbpercrtc:int echo "options i915 modeset=1" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf Rebooted my system. While the screen output behaves differently xrandr is unable to switch to my VGA monitor. When I change the modeset back to zero I am able to switch to the VGA monitor. When the modeset=1 the most significant change I can see the higher resolution for the tty's, but without xrandr functionality I can't do much with it. So I am back to modeset=1 and still having the issue that my cursor becomes invisible when switched to VGA only with xrandr. Any help is appreciated, have been working on a 10" netbook screen for days now and I don't think this is good for my eye :) Thanks in advance, Best regards, Jelle _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
