linux-kernel - 2.6.32-rc3-git display goes off with i915.powersave=1

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Date:	Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:09:20 +0100
From:	Soeren Sonnenburg <sonne@...ian.org>
To:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: 2.6.32-rc3-git display goes off with i915.powersave=1

Dear all,

on my Samsung NC10 the latest kernel i915 driver with powersaving
enabled causes the dissplay to go randomly black (or white) after a
random time (few minutes usually).

The only way to recover from this is a suspend to ram cycle....

I've upgraded to the latest xorg-intel driver to see if it works with
that one - but no it does not. However, setting powersave=0 makes things
work again..

And it looks like I am not alone:

http://ikibiki.org//blog/2010/01/08/Xorg_tricks_for_Intel_users/

Soeren
-- 
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