Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-13 Thread Taylor Hedberg
hollun...@lavabit.com, Sun 2011-11-13 @ 13:06:49-0500: > Now we know loads of workarounds but it's still a bug. I'd file it but > it seems https://bugzilla.kernel.org/ is down. Down for you too? Pretty sure kernel.org is still getting services back online after their security breach earlier this y

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-13 Thread hollunder
> hollunder@... wrote: > >>> hollunder@..., Sat 2011-11-12 @ 22:42:57-0500: >>> [1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22674#c11 >> >> Thanks Taylor, >> I still consider this a bug because this didn't happen for years but >> seems to happen every time I boot since 3.1. >> >> Another worka

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-13 Thread hollunder
> hollun...@lavabit.com, Sun 2011-11-13 @ 11:18:05-0500: >> Another workaround is to disable kms by booting with the nomodeset >> option. >> >> Another new issue is that my mousepointer frequently >> flickers/disappears and that xv video out in smplayer doesn't work >> anymore, but both of those ar

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-13 Thread Taylor Hedberg
hollun...@lavabit.com, Sun 2011-11-13 @ 11:18:05-0500: > Another workaround is to disable kms by booting with the nomodeset > option. > > Another new issue is that my mousepointer frequently > flickers/disappears and that xv video out in smplayer doesn't work > anymore, but both of those are with

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-13 Thread clemens fischer
hollunder@... wrote: >> hollunder@..., Sat 2011-11-12 @ 22:42:57-0500: >> [1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22674#c11 > > Thanks Taylor, > I still consider this a bug because this didn't happen for years but > seems to happen every time I boot since 3.1. > > Another workaround is t

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-13 Thread hollunder
> hollun...@lavabit.com, Sat 2011-11-12 @ 22:42:57-0500: >> I'm rather sure this is a new intel driver bug, I have the exact same >> issue. My laptops chipset is slightly newer: >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 >> Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (r

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-13 Thread Taylor Hedberg
hollun...@lavabit.com, Sat 2011-11-12 @ 22:42:57-0500: > I'm rather sure this is a new intel driver bug, I have the exact same > issue. My laptops chipset is slightly newer: > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 > Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 03)

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-12 Thread hollunder
> Since updating to Linux 3.1 yesterday, I've been having strange problems > with the display on my laptop. The first reboot after updating the > kernel went normally, but every subsequent boot since then has had > problems. > > This is a Dell Latitude D620 laptop with the following graphics-relate

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-11 Thread Taylor Hedberg
Taylor Hedberg, Fri 2011-11-11 @ 10:36:02-0500: > Thanks for these links. I'll test the patch on my system tonight when I > get some free time. Compiling Linux on my laptop takes forever. The patch you linked fixed the dim backlight issue on my system. I'm still experiencing the blank screen issue

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-11 Thread Sebastian Schwarz
On 2011-11-11 at 10:36 -0500, Taylor Hedberg wrote: > Thanks for these links. I'll test the patch on my system > tonight when I get some free time. Compiling Linux on my > laptop takes forever. There is a commit[1] in linux 3.1.1-1 which sets the right backlight brightness level when the lid is cl

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-11 Thread Taylor Hedberg
Uli Armbruster, Fri 2011-11-11 @ 17:14:16+0100: > Ok here on my laptop it's definitely hardware-based, the backlight > doesn't work in the first moment, when the laptop is cold. I just > booted my cold laptop into 3.0.7 linux-rt and it happened there as > well. It seems that we have symptomaticall

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-11 Thread Uli Armbruster
* Uli Armbruster [10.11.2011 14:53]: > * Taylor Hedberg [10.11.2011 13:50]: > > Uli Armbruster, Thu 2011-11-10 @ 07:45:11+0100: > > > I can confirm this behavior, however I'm not sure if it's software > > > related. I have the impression that this happens here only if the > > > laptop is cold (e.

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-11 Thread Taylor Hedberg
Sebastian Schwarz, Fri 2011-11-11 @ 16:26:24+0100: > After running `xbacklight -set 100` my backlight is at the > previous brightness level, which is 57% and not at the 100% > xbacklight should set it to. I see. I usually run my backlight at 100%, so I could be seeing the same thing and not realiz

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-11 Thread Sebastian Schwarz
On 2011-11-10 at 19:36 -0500, Taylor Hedberg wrote: > Sebastian Schwarz, Thu 2011-11-10 @ 16:36:54+0100: > > The bug can easily triggered in X by running: > > > > xset dpms force off > > Yes, this is the same behavior that I'm seeing. Writing the > max_brightness value into the sysfs brightness

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Taylor Hedberg
Sebastian Schwarz, Thu 2011-11-10 @ 16:36:54+0100: > My display comes back with the minimal brightness setting. Also the > XF86MonBrightnessUp (Fn+Up) and XF86MonBrightnessDown (Fn+Down) > buttons stopped working. I can restore the previous brightness level > and the buttons by running: > > c

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Leonid Isaev
On (11/09/2011 06:55 PM), Taylor Hedberg wrote: -~> Additionally, after the first reboot following the update (which did not -~> have the aforementioned display problems), I had issues with the display -~> backlight after starting X. Indeed there seems to be a problem with intel graphics. Since 3.

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Mike Bishop
On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 07:55:22PM -0500, Taylor Hedberg wrote: > Since updating to Linux 3.1 yesterday, I've been having strange problems > with the display on my laptop. The first reboot after updating the > kernel went normally, but every subsequent boot since then has had > problems. > > This

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/09/2011 06:55 PM, Taylor Hedberg wrote: Additionally, after the first reboot following the update (which did not have the aforementioned display problems), I had issues with the display backlight after starting X. Just to add to the display discussion... On an x86_64 (with nVidia), aft

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Sebastian Schwarz
Hello, On 2011-11-09 at 19:55 -0500, Taylor Hedberg wrote: > This is a Dell Latitude D620 laptop with the following > graphics-related lines in the lspci output: > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, > 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Mauro Santos
On 10-11-2011 06:45, Uli Armbruster wrote: * Taylor Hedberg [10.11.2011 01:55]: Since updating to Linux 3.1 yesterday, I've been having strange problems with the display on my laptop. The first reboot after updating the kernel went normally, but every subsequent boot since then has had problems

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Uli Armbruster
* Taylor Hedberg [10.11.2011 13:50]: > Uli Armbruster, Thu 2011-11-10 @ 07:45:11+0100: > > I can confirm this behavior, however I'm not sure if it's software > > related. I have the impression that this happens here only if the > > laptop is cold (e.g. because I carried it around outside in the co

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Taylor Hedberg
Uli Armbruster, Thu 2011-11-10 @ 07:45:11+0100: > I can confirm this behavior, however I'm not sure if it's software > related. I have the impression that this happens here only if the > laptop is cold (e.g. because I carried it around outside in the cold > german autumn). But Taylor's describtion

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Cédric Girard
Have you tried playing with KMS, see if it changes anything enabling or disabling it? -- Cédric Girard

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-10 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 10.11.2011 07:45, schrieb Uli Armbruster: > * Taylor Hedberg [10.11.2011 01:55]: >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, >> 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) >> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, >> 94

Re: [arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-09 Thread Uli Armbruster
* Taylor Hedberg [10.11.2011 01:55]: > Since updating to Linux 3.1 yesterday, I've been having strange problems > with the display on my laptop. The first reboot after updating the > kernel went normally, but every subsequent boot since then has had > problems. > > This is a Dell Latitude D620 la

[arch-general] Display issues with Linux 3.1

2011-11-09 Thread Taylor Hedberg
Since updating to Linux 3.1 yesterday, I've been having strange problems with the display on my laptop. The first reboot after updating the kernel went normally, but every subsequent boot since then has had problems. This is a Dell Latitude D620 laptop with the following graphics-related lines in