Bug#596453: 855GM: X hard locks system on startup

[Robert Scott <bugs@humanleg.org.uk>]

On Saturday 11 September 2010, you wrote:
> On 09/11/2010 06:24 PM, Robert Scott wrote:
> > Blacklisting the 855GM from KMS in 2.6.32-21 to fix bugs like 582105
> > seems to be causing my system to hard lock when X starts up. Magic
> > sysrq key does nothing, and of course the 855GM being totally
> > blacklisted means modeset=1 is powerless.
> 
> Hi Robert, unfortunately it's a known problem for i855 users.
> While waiting for a solution, you can find more info here (the first is 
> the more detailed):
> #594623
> #595511
> #595521

Ah, thanks - I had seen that bug but for some reason thought it didn't apply to me - seems I was just being crazy.

I'll just hold -20 for now.

Thanks for the quick response,


robert.