Bug#426714: marked as done (intelfb refuses mode switching)
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regarding intelfb refuses mode switching
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Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2
intelfb fails to load on a laptop although there is no reason for this - my
desktop system loads the module just fine with a LCD display.
Notebook:
# lspci
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated
Graphics Device (rev 02)
Desktop:
# lspci
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated
Graphics Controller (rev 02)
Notebook's dmesg output:
Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
agpgart: Detected an Intel 855 Chipset.
agpgart: Detected 892K stolen memory.
agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xf0000000
intelfb: Framebuffer driver for Intel(R)
830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/915GM/945G/945GM chipsets
intelfb: Version 0.9.4
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) ->
IRQ 11
intelfb: 00:02.0: Intel(R) 855GME, aperture size 128MB, stolen memory 892kB
intelfb: Non-CRT device is enabled ( LVDS port ). Disabling mode switching.
intelfb: Video mode must be programmed at boot time.
The module is loaded in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules on both machines with
these lines:
intel_agp
intelfb mode=1024x768-16@60
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--- Begin Message ---
- To: 426714-done@bugs.debian.org
- Cc: Olaf Zaplinski <olaf.zaplinski@qsc.de>
- Subject: Re: intelfb refuses mode switching
- From: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 22:03:29 +0200
- Message-id: <20090908200329.GK19152@inutil.org>
- In-reply-to: <20090813221723.GA22659@galadriel.inutil.org>
- References: <465D81A7.9000603@broadnet.de> <20081225230446.GA4004@galadriel.inutil.org> <495890F2.90001@qsc.de> <20081229192251.GC3706@galadriel.inutil.org> <20090813221723.GA22659@galadriel.inutil.org>
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:17:23AM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 08:22:51PM +0100, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 09:57:22AM +0100, Olaf Zaplinski wrote:
> > > Hello Moritz,
> > >
> > > I tried 2.6.24 and 2.6.26-bpo on both machines. On both machines intelfb
> > > now refuses to load with the message "cannot acquire agp".
> > >
> > > /etc/initramfs-tools/modules contains:
> > >
> > > agp
> > > intel_agp
> > > intelfb mode=1024x768-16@60
> > >
> > > I added the agp module, but I do not know exactly if I need that.
> >
> > Could you send the output of "lsmod"? It might be that another framebuffer
> > driver blocks (such as vesafb) is blocking the agp_backend_acquire()
> > call.
>
> Has this been fixed in more recent kernels?
No further feedback, closing. Please reopen if necessary.
Cheers,
Moritz
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