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[Leonid Novitsky <for_leo@xxxxxxxx>]

Good day Adam.

Could you place sources of your patched kernel or rebuild it for 32 bit platform. 
I am to use 32-bit kubuntu, and cann't use amd64 version.

Thanks a lot... 

  


Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:07:47 +0100 письмо от Adam Hill <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx>:

> 
> > And (only) this was working for me. The single patches mentioned in the
> > freedesktop bug about this resume issue did not do the trick for me (and
> > I assume that is the patch you picked).
> Ok, though have you got to the bottom of your flicker issues yet? I'm not 
> seeing them on my kernel but of course it could be the combination of X driver
> etc that is causing it for you - but what I don't want to do is update the
> kernel with that commit and find that the flickering problem happens :(.
> I guess that the question has to be whether the problem you have happened 
> before the fix for resume - if so then I'm probably fairly safe updating,
> but 
> if not then I probably shouldn't....
> Adam.
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Knuth
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > On 10/14/2010 12:21 PM, Adam Hill wrote:
> > >> However: resume from suspend mostly does not work (leaves the
> screen
> > >> black).
> > >> 
> > > 	I would guess that means that more changes are required to make
> this
> > > 
> > > work. The problem here is that the kernel which Jesse from Intel has
> that
> > > seems to work when resumed is a little different to this one. When I
> get
> > > a chance I'll have another look to see if I can work out what is
> needed.
> > > 
> > > Adam.
> > > 
> > >> I am about to try Ubuntu 10.10 next with this kernel (2.6.36).
> > >> 
> > >> Philippe
> > >> 
> > >>> 	The problem is not with the kernel but with the NVidia and
> Nouveau
> > >>> 
> > >>> drivers ( or at least that is how it appears. ) The problem
> is that in
> > >>> both modes, both cards appear on the bus, and at boot time
> the BIOS
> > >>> sets up the Intel card REGARDLESS of the mode ( well,
> without booting
> > >>> the old kernel or setting static switching using the BIOS
> hack. ) So,
> > >>> when the NVidia driver tries to load, it assumes that it
> already has
> > >>> its resources mapped but in fact it doesn't - only the
> Intel card has
> > >>> been mapped in. So, you STILL have to boot the old kernel to
> use the
> > >>> NVidia card so that the Intel one is completely disabled and
> not
> > >>> mapped at boot time.
> > >>> 
> > >>>>> glxinfo | grep ender
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> This does not work, since I have no working glx module
> ("extension GLX
> > >>>> missing").
> > >>>> 
> > >>> 	I think that the issue here may be that the NVidia driver
> also has 
> its
> > >>> 
> > >>> own mesa/glx libraries. I think that to get GLX working with
> Intel you
> > >>> will have to re-install the Ubuntu ones, and then again to
> get the
> > >>> NVidia working install the NVidia ones again. In my files
> directory is
> > >>> an rc.local file which in theory could be re-written to copy
> the
> > >>> appropriate files when needed... it should be fairly easy to
> do but
> > >>> unfortunately I don't have the time at the mo... if I
> get some time in
> > >>> the near future I'll give it a go.
> > >>> 
> > >>>>> 	That would seem a little odd if you say you get the
> desktop - the
> > >>>>> 	desktop
> > >>>>> 
> > >>>>> would seem to constitute a "screen" ! For
> speed mode you should not
> > >>>>> need an xorg.conf file at all - if you have one move
> it out of the
> > >>>>> way.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> There must be something wrong with my system
> configuration. I just
> > >>>> started in Speed mode a few times. X loads the i915
> driver (lsmod
> > >>>> shows i915 loaded), although I blacklisted that, my
> xorg.conf
> > >>>> specifies "nvidia". X also tries to load the
> NVIDIA glx module.
> > >>>> Excerpt from my
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> Xorg.0.log in Speed mode:
> > >>> 	As above, in "speed" mode both the Intel and
> NVidia cards are active.
> > >>> 	The
> > >>> 
> > >>> NVidia driver needs to realise that! Also, in theory we
> should probably
> > >>> patch the i915 driver to not load in speed mode, but this
> would be a
> > >>> very Vaio-Z specific patch unless it could be fitted in with
> the vga
> > >>> switcheroo code.
> > >>> 
> > >>>> I can currently only use my Z11 without problems if I
> boot the
> > >>>> 2.6.31-20 kernel with the NVIDIA proprietary drivers and
> an xorg.conf
> > >>>> that specifies to use the nvidia driver.
> > >>>> 
> > >>> 	It should also work if you boot my 2.6.28 kernel which
> reboots ( then
> > >>> 
> > >>> select the 2.6.36-0-vaioz one. )
> > >>> 
> > >>> 	I'm sure that one day this will all "just
> work" :(.
> > >>> 
> > >>> Adam
> > >>> 
> > >>>> I hope this helpt in making the kernel work for
> everybody.
> > >>>> I'd gladly do some more testing.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> Philippe
> > > 
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