On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 03:17 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > > using (the debian) kernel 2.6.32-5 (with CONFIG_FB_EFI=y) > > i also get a black screen just after "loading ramdisk". > > It happens when both > > video=i915:modeset=1 > > gfxpayload=keep > > are set. > > Of course i have an intel gpu. > > > > - kms is enabled and works when i comment out gfxpayload=keep. > > - no black screen when i remove video=i915:modeset=1 parameter. > > > Similar here, afaict. Latest grub update enabled efifb which gives me a > black screen instead of a console. If I type my cryptsetup passphrase > blind, the boot continues, but the fb handover to i915 seems to fail, so > even after i915 gets loaded I still don't have consoles. I can provide > dmesg if necessary, but this change needs reverting.
This is the same problem I reported in bug #567393, grub is broken in both unstable and experimental with Intel KMS. I guess these bug reports can be merged. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22
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