Bug#371857: i810 doesn't restore console properly with vga=ext.
Matthew Woodcraft wrote:
> I have tried with
> xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.0.0-5 from experimental
> (and still xorg-server 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-6)
>
> This was not a success. X will not start at all.
>
> It says:
>
> <<
> (II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
> i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
> E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, 965G, 965G, 965Q, 946GZ,
> 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33
> (II) Primary Device is: ISA
> (EE) No devices detected.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
>
> It looks like it's completely failing to perform the PCI scan.
>
That's very strange. There should be a full PCI scan in your log before
the intel driver is even loaded, right between the lines below. It
doesn't appear at all here.
> (--) using VT number 7
>
> (II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
>
It seems to mean that something is going wrong in the server core. Did
you change something apart from upgrading xserver-xorg-video-intel?
Is this problem reproducible? Even after a reboot?
Brice
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