linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-gfx] screen freeze with 5.2-rc6 Dell XPS-13 skylake i915

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Date:   Fri, 12 Jul 2019 01:03:20 +0200
From:   Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:     James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        "Souza, Jose" <jose.souza@...el.com>,
        "intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org" <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "chris@...is-wilson.co.uk" <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] screen freeze with 5.2-rc6 Dell XPS-13 skylake i915

James Bottomley schreef op do 11-07-2019 om 15:38 [-0700]:
> On Thu, 2019-07-11 at 22:26 +0000, Souza, Jose wrote:
> > It eventually comes back from screen freeze? Like moving the mouse or
> > typing brings it back?
> 
> No, it seems to be frozen for all time (at least until I got bored
> waiting, which was probably 20 minutes).  Even if I reboot the machine,
> the current screen state stays until the system powers off.

As I mentioned earlier, a suspend/resume cycle unfreezes the screen.

And I seem to remember that, if the gnome screen-locking eventually kicks in,
unlocking the screen still works, as the screen then isn't frozen anymore.

Thanks,


Paul Bolle