linux-kernel - Re: BUG: blank screen i915 (N10) LVDS in 2.6.37

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Date:	Sat, 8 Jan 2011 04:19:37 +1100
From:	"Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: BUG: blank screen i915 (N10) LVDS in 2.6.37

I wrote:
> When I boot 2.6.37, the onboard head remains blank.
> It works in 2.6.36.  In both cases, the VGA head works fine.
> [...]
> IIRC I also changed from eeepc_laptop on .36 to eeepc_wmi .37 (with
> the associated change to the boot parameter in .config); dunno if
> that matters.

Apparently it does: going back to eeepc_laptop fixes the issue.

    --- .config.old	2011-01-08 04:16:20.752701984 +1100
    +++ .config	2011-01-08 03:51:03.000000000 +1100
    @@ -4 +4 @@
    -# Wed Jan  5 22:13:38 2011
    +# Sat Jan  8 03:47:32 2011
    @@ -353 +353 @@
    -CONFIG_CMDLINE="root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet"
    +CONFIG_CMDLINE="root=/dev/sda2 acpi_osi=Linux ro quiet"
    @@ -1775 +1774,0 @@
    -# CONFIG_LEDS_DELL_NETBOOKS is not set
    @@ -1936 +1934,0 @@
    -# CONFIG_DELL_WMI is not set
    @@ -1938 +1935,0 @@
    -# CONFIG_HP_WMI is not set
    @@ -1947,4 +1944,2 @@
    -# CONFIG_EEEPC_LAPTOP is not set
    -CONFIG_EEEPC_WMI=y
    -CONFIG_ACPI_WMI=y
    -# CONFIG_MSI_WMI is not set
    +CONFIG_EEEPC_LAPTOP=m
    +# CONFIG_ACPI_WMI is not set
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