user contact@itopie.ch usertags 710938 + itopie.ch-installation thanks Hi there, On Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:07:47 +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > The fix is to either set the kernel option i915.invert_brightness=1 > during boot, or to create a file in /etc/ like this (as root): > > echo options i915 invert_brightness=1 | tee /etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf > update-initramfs -u -k all The above was enough to solve the same problem on an Acer Aspire V3-771G (model VA70): <http://bugs.debian.org/714154> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0686] Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+ Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 41 Region 0: Memory at d4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] Region 2: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Region 4: I/O ports at 5000 [size=64] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: i915 > Please change the i915 module for the hardware in question, to get this > laptop working out of the box with Debian Wheezy (and future versions). Fully agree, thanks to Petter for the blog post, which directed me to the correct fix: <http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fixing_the_Linux_black_screen_of_death_on_machines_with_Intel_HD_video.html> Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca
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