On Sat, 29 Dec 2018, Martin wrote: > Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 05:55:23 > From: Martin <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Latest kernel gives blank screen when it boots > Resent-Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 11:12:07 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: [email protected] > > I faced the same problem for 3 days until I found your thread here. Tried to > setup an old laptop with Intel graphics with Debian testing 9.6. The laptop > was running Lubuntu for years happily. inxi reports it only as "Intel Core > Processors Integrated Graphics". > > I could only avoid the black screen on boot after grub with "nomodeset" but > then was stuck with 1024x768 px and xrandr reported my display only as > "default". > > Maybe to help someone else finding this, here is a list of things I tried > WITHOUT ANY effect: > > - Install: firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-misc-nonfree > xserver-xorg-video-intel > - CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y was already active > > Setting various grub parameters: > > - i915.preliminary_hw_support=1 > - i915.modeset=1 video=LVDS-1:d" > - intel_idle.max_cstate=1 > - acpi_osi=linux > - acpi_backlight=vendor > ... > > I downgrade to 4.9.0-8 from stable cause nothing in between was offered. How > can I downgrade to only 4.18.0-2? Or have you tried 4.19 in the meantime? > > Best regards, > Martin > I always get a blank screen when running linux, that's why I install using the s boot parameter and can hear everything being spoken. alt-super-s gets me gnome-orca once that gets installed too. I never had enough money to afford a braille screen so the speech is helpful.
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