Bug#571289: SOLVED: Re: Bug#571289: xorg: X gives black screen and pointer only with 2.6.32 kernel

[Boris Barbour <boris.barbour@ens.fr>]

Hi,

> At least revision -8 (linux-image-2.6.32-2-*) would help, revision -9
> (linux-image-2.6.32-3-*) is going to be available shortly (currently
> in NEW). In the meanwhile, passing i915.powersave=0 through your
> kernel command line might help.

I had overlooked the availablity of the "-2" version of that kernel. I have 
installed it and 3d acceleration is back

$ glxinfo | grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 965G GEM 20090712 2009Q2 RC3

Thank you.

Boris