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Bug#631660: linux-image-686-pae: Black screen on Wheezy with intel i915



On Sat, 2011-06-25 at 15:03 -0700, Edward Bartolo wrote:
[...]
> The computer is an Acer Aspire 7715Z.
> The kernel is: vmlinuz-2.6.38-2-686 (the one that installs with
> Wheezy). I found that kernels >= 2.6.38 exhibit this bug. I also tried
> knoppix  6.4.4 and it exhibits the same problem. 
[...]
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4
> Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 09)
> (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
[...]

There is a specific fix for the 4th generation chips that went into
Linux 3.0-rc3, although I don't know what the effect of the bug was.

Can you test Linux 3.0-rc4?  This is available in experimental; the
package name is linux-image-3.0.0-rc4-686-pae.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

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