On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:25:55 +0100 Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2010-12-19 20:56 +0100, Celejar wrote: > > > Running uptodate Sid. I usually run self-compiled kernels (from > > kernel.org git mainline repo) with standard Debian Sid X. > > You need to set CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=y in your kernel configuration. See > the recent bug reports on the xserver-xorg-video-intel package. Right you are, as usual. We have this: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=606288 So I fixed that, and now I seemed to be worse off than before - the system seemed to just hang early on in the boot process with a blank screen. I thought about this a bit, and realized that this was happening right around the time that the system might be trying to switch to the framebuffer, or something like that. I don't particularly like the framebuffer, and I've never needed it before, so I don't know much about it. I still haven't figured out how to get the framebuffer working (if that's indeed the problem), but I discovered that I can get into X by just waiting until the HDD stops churning, and then blindly typing 'startx<CR>'. [How's that for a broken system - X, but no console ;)] I've checked the framebuffer section of my kernel config, and made sure that FB_I810 is enabled, but the problem remains. Am I on the right track? Do I need anything else? Looking around some more, I see that the Gentoo Wiki claims that with Intel and KMS the framebuffer drivers should *not* be built, and *building* them may actually cause black screens! Can anyone point me to a proper explanation of what I need to do to get the console working here? http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Framebuffer [I'm pretty sure that I've tried both with FB_I810 enabled and disabled, but perhaps I always really had it enabled. If no one has a better suggestion, I suppose I'll have to try again with it disabled just to make sure.] Thanks, Sven, Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101219225655.86eeb507.cele...@gmail.com
