Bug#290925: kernel-source-2.6.10: Blank Screen When Using intelfb Module
Package: kernel-source-2.6.10
Version: 2.6.10-3
Severity: normal
When the intelfb module is compiled into the kernel all consoles remain
blank until the X server starts up. Using it as a module is not an
option for non-CRT screens (see
http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/intelfb.html, which I'm assuming not to be
outdated on this issue). This makes the driver unusable for laptops.
The initialization seems to be OK (from dmesg):
Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave Jones
agpgart: Detected an Intel 830M Chipset.
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 202M
agpgart: Detected 892K stolen memory.
agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe8000000
intelfb: Framebuffer driver for Intel(R) 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G
chipsets
intelfb: Version 0.9.2
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 9
PCI: setting IRQ 9 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 9 (level, low) -> IRQ 9
intelfb: 00:02.0: Intel(R) 830M, aperture size 128MB, stolen memory
892kB
intelfb: Non-CRT device is enabled ( DVO port B ). Disabling mode
switching.
intelfb: Initial video mode is 640x480-16@60.
I was unable to try vesa modes with a higher resolution than vga=0x311
as my BIOS doesn't support these values.
This problem is similar to bug #289810, but I doubt that is directly
related as vesafb doesn't figure into this particular configuration.
Thanks for looking into this.
Georg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-gw1
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages kernel-source-2.6.10 depends on:
ii binutils 2.15-5 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii bzip2 1.0.2-1 A high-quality block-sorting file
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii fileutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU file management utilities
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