linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-gfx] i915: black screen after boot on 915GM (Linux >= 3.4-rc1)

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Message-ID: <87ob195o9t.fsf@intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 14 Mar 2014 07:42:54 +0200
From:	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@...lesie.net>,
	Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Cc:	intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] i915: black screen after boot on 915GM (Linux >= 3.4-rc1)

On Thu, 13 Mar 2014, Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@...lesie.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The commit 3f2dc5ac05714711fc14f2bf0ee5e42d5c08c581 (drm/i915: Fix 915GM
> self-refresh enable/disable) causes strange regression on the HP Compaq
> nc6120. During and after boot to framebuffer console with just LVDS
> the screen is black (backlight on, but black). Starting a X server fixes
> the problem. Connecting an external VGA monitor also fixes the problem.
>
> Reverting this commit fixes the problem at least up to Linux 3.14.0-rc6.
>
> I'm still using ACPI video problem workaround that effectively does:
>
>  static int acpi_video_bus_start_devices(struct acpi_video_bus *video)
>  {
> - return acpi_video_bus_DOS(video, 0,
> + return acpi_video_bus_DOS(video, 3,
>                             acpi_osi_is_win8() ? 1 : 0);
>  }
>
> in drivers/acpi/video.c.
>
> I've added dmesgs from the last good commit and the bad commit at:
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76103

We track this on the bugzilla. Please add any new information (such as
the other patches you have) there. Thanks.

BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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