linux-kernel - Re: i915: 2.6.36-rc2 wrong resolution on gdm start

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Date:	Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:29:32 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Ivan Bulatovic <combuster@....com>
Cc:	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org, eric@...olt.net,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: i915: 2.6.36-rc2 wrong resolution on gdm start

Hi all,

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Ivan Bulatovic <combuster@....com> wrote:
> Thanks for the confirmation Pekka. I've managed to change the resolution
> but gdm always starts with 1024x768 and upon login it gets 1280x1024,
> and sometimes the mouse pointer go out of bounds to the right edge of
> the screen but when I maximize windows it sticks to 1280x1024. When I
> start gnome-display-properties that invisible right portion of the
> screen dissapears.

I'm still seeing wrong resolution with my i915 Macbook with latest
Linus' git. Is there a fix in the pipeline or should we start looking
for a commit to revert? As a slab maintainer, I'm supposed to be able
to work with -rc kernels and this particular bug is pretty damn
annoying.

                           Pekka
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