On Sat, 2011-06-25 at 23:54 -0700, Edward Bartolo wrote: [...] > I installed linux-image-3.0.0-rc4-686-pae as you instructed me but the > same problem cropped again. The laptop's backlight seems to be turned > off immediately after the message: > > "Waiting for /dev to be fully populated..." > > is printed to the screen. Although, without a VDU, I logged in as a > normal user and used the uname -r > file-name to test that the said > kernel was in fact loaded. When I read the file in Squeeze, it > confirmed that the kernel from experimental was installed. > > I could bypass the bug by connecting an external monitor. I also > tested whether 3D acceleration was used by running an opengl > screensaver but the latter froze Debian completely and I had to turn > the system off. The screensaver run smoothly until I pressed a button > to return to the desktop. > > In short, the bug manifests itself like this: > When "Waiting for /dev to be fully populated..." is printed to the > screen, both the CLI and GUI don't use the screen anymore. > Notwithstanding all this, the system allows log ins as normal user and > root. I also was capable to run a sound file using mplayer. Please report this bug upstream at <https://bugs.freedesktop.org> under product 'DRI', component 'DRM/Intel'. You should include: - The information you just provided - The other versions that have this bug - The hardware identification: 'Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42]' Let us know the new bug number or URL, so we can track it. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings If more than one person is responsible for a bug, no one is at fault.
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