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Bug#567747: workaround for no-video on i915: vga=ext



On Feb 14, Erich Schubert <erich@debian.org> wrote:

> I added vga=ext to my boot parameters, and with that my system boots
> fine (although not in the usual vga=ext 50 lines vga mode, but it DOES
> activate my i915 framebuffer?!? it's definitely running the native
> 1440x900 resolution of my screen.)
I do not know how much this is related, but vga=ext fixes my problem as
well (the console goes black as soon as i915 is loaded on a Dell
Latitude E6400, no workaround was needed with an earlier kernel which
still supported KMS).

-- 
ciao,
Marco

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