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Re: Better workaround - switch KMS off, Was: debian/testing systems stopped to boot after upgrade between 20.02 and 22.02



On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:56:56 +0100 wzab <wzab@ise.pw.edu.pl> shared
this with us all:

>I have just found the real source of problem - it is the Kernel Mode
>Switch (KMS).
>As soon as I have edited /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf
>replacing "options i915 modeset=1" with "options i915 modeset=0"
>the problem disappeared on both machines.
>
>So it seems, that this feature may be dangerous (especially it allows
>the userspace apps to lock the machine).
>
>BTW it is interesting what has changed between 20.02 and 22.02 which
>triggered the problem. There were no changes in kernels in this period
>(both machines use my kernels without initrd).
>Only a standard "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" has been done.

Thank you for letting us know what the fix was Wojtek.

It is much appreciated by me at least.

Be well,
Charlie
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