linux-kernel - Re: [Bug #15043] Display goes off with i915.powersave=1

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:05:00 +0100
From:	Soeren Sonnenburg <sonne@...ian.org>
To:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Cc:	"Rafael J\. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Bug #15043] Display goes off with i915.powersave=1

On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 09:57 -0800, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:04:37 +0100 (CET)
> "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:
> 
> > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> > of recent regressions.
> > 
> > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > from 2.6.32.  Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know
> > (either way).
> > 
> > 
> > Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15043
> > Subject		: Display goes off with i915.powersave=1
> > Submitter	: Soeren Sonnenburg <sonne@...ian.org>
> > Date		: 2010-01-10 20:09 (15 days old)
> > References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=126315457519505&w=4
> 
> If this isn't fixed yet, I hope David's patch fixes it.  See "[Bug
> #14897] i915: Commit 0e442c60 causes flickering".

that sounds indeed like it, because sometimes I observe a flickering
before darkness :) I will give the new kernel a try though I don't have
time to do it in the next few days :/

Soeren
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