Bug#660394: Screen goes blank @30 seconds into boot

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Joel Heaton wrote:

> I am still trying to apply the patch.

Can you say more about this?  Maybe we can help.

As an alternative to the instructions at [1], I can also suggest

0. Prerequisites:
	apt-get install git build-essential

1. Get the source:

	git clone -o stable \
	 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git \
	 linux
	cd linux

   Or, if you already have a git clone of the linux source, just get
   the point releases:

	cd linux
	git remote add -f stable \
	 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git

2. Configure and build:

	git checkout stable/linux-3.2.y
	cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) .config; # current configuration
	make localmodconfig; # optional: minimize configuration
	make deb-pkg; # optionally with -j<num> for parallel build
	dpkg -i ../<name of package>
	reboot

   Hopefully it reproduces the bug.

3. Try the patch:

	cd linux
	git apply --index thepatch
	make deb-pkg; # maybe with -j4
	dpkg -i ../<name of package>
	reboot

Hope that helps,
Jonathan

[1] http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html