Bug#595103: framebuffer gone for intel i915 starting 2.6.32-21

[jidanni@jidanni.org]

retitle 595103 framebuffer gone for intel i915 starting 2.6.32-21
severity 595103 grave
thanks

This is clearly a kernel issue and has nothing to do with xorg-anything.

# zegrep i915\|fb\|Debian dmesg.0 dmesg
dmesg.0:[    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.32-5-686 (Debian 2.6.32-23) (dannf@debian.org) (gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-3) ) #1 SMP Sat Sep 18 02:14:45 UTC 2010
dmesg.0:[    8.888189] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
dmesg:[    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.32-5-686 (Debian 2.6.32-20) (ben@decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-2) ) #1 SMP Thu Aug 12 13:38:27 UTC 2010
dmesg:[    8.208970] i915 0000:00:02.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
dmesg:[    8.209019] i915 0000:00:02.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
dmesg:[    8.209031] i915 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
dmesg:[    8.209039] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
dmesg:[    9.349771] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
dmesg:[    9.349915] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0

However, until it is fixed, one cannot dream of running X windows. Even
just running on the console will eventually lead to a black screen, and
the need to reboot, disks having been synced or not.