Bug#564318: xserver-xorg-video-intel: same problem with latest Debian kernel (2.6.32-5)
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 23:50:06 +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no> writes:
>
> > I see that I have the same issue of vesafb loaded befor the Intel fb. Is this
> > the problem? If so, then I guess either xserver-xorg-video-intel or the
> > kernel should prevent it. I've not done anything to force vesafb AFAIK
>
> Well, not intentionally at least. Typically, right after posting this
> it struck me: I had "vga=792" on my kernel command line as a leftover
> since forever... That's what screwed up.
>
> I guess you need to add /proc/cmdline to your reportbug script now :-)
>
It was added to the Xorg log recently, so it's already there.
> Something should also probably be done to warn lusers like myself of
> this problem when auto-enabling KMS. Looking for VESA modes on the
> command line maybe?
>
> Happy now. Just need to find out how I enable the nice native
> resolution from boot. I guess it must be documented somewhere...
>
You can add video=i915 to the kernel command line for now.
Cheers,
Julien
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