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[Laurent CARON <lcaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I'm running grub2 for now, that's why I'm experiencing hog & black 
screen (under 2.6.36-rc3).

Will tru to revert to grub 1.

On 13/09/2010 22:14, Michael Zugelder wrote:
> Hi,
> with the BIOS Patch (VGA Switching set to static) and booting from grub
> instead of grub2, 2.6.32, 2.6.33, 2.6.34 and 2.6.35 all work fine here.
> Just 2.6.36 (and using grub2) is causing problems.
>
> Michael
>
> On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 22:04 +0200, Laurent CARON wrote:
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Is there a cumulative patch of the required patchs ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > On 13/09/2010 19:05, K. Posern wrote:
> > > There is currently a bug in the intel 915 drm kernel code that prevents
> > > things from working smoothly on recent kernels. Several non-official
> > > patches are out there. Intel is working on it.
> > >
> > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29141
> > >
> > > At the moment the tickets assigned intel developer is waiting for his
> > > own Sony VAIO Z series notebook with dual graphics :)
> > >
> > > Knuth.
> > >
> > > On 12/09/10 18:41, Laurent CARON wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to setup my Z12 under debian SID.
> > > >
> > > > The nvidia card works so far (though no brightness control).
> > > >
> > > > The intel chip just gives either black screen or screen with 4 green
> > > > lines and nothing more.
> > > >
> > > > Did one of you manage to use the intel chip on this machine with a
> > > > recent kernel ?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Laurent
> > > >
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