Hi, Kipp Cannon <kcannon@cita.utoronto.ca> (04/12/2010): > An update on this bug. thanks, that's appreciated. > The system is now running > > xserver-xorg-video-intel version 2:2.13.0-2 > linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 version 2.6.32-28 > > and the display corruption persists. This machine is only usable > with the vesa driver or by downgrading to Debian Lenny. Unfortunately, that's “expected”: http://pkg-xorg.alioth.debian.org/faq/general.html I guess upgrading to sid wouldn't help right now. Our plans for squeeze are here: http://pkg-xorg.alioth.debian.org/reference/squeeze-backports.html > I should comment that it appears to be a problem with the kernel > mode setting. I've noticed the text displayed during the boot > sequence becomes "unstable" as soon as the kernel switches to a > higher-resolution console --- there is a flickering visible in the > scan lines of the text, before xorg starts. Disabling KMS on the > kernel command line fixes the text problem but since the intel xorg > driver requires KMS this prevents X from starting. Should I refile > this bug against the kernel? You probably want to check 2.6.37 (from sid) or 2.6.38rc (from experimental) before doing so. I think a fresh bug report against such a kernel package wouldn't hurt. KiBi.
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