[8086:2a42] Intel video goes blank after loading with modeset

[Daniel Graña]

Binary package hint: linux-image

loading i915 with modeset=1 makes screen goes blank, this is on lucid and also tried maverick rc. I can workaround it booting with i915.modeset=0 and start X with vesa but it is far from optimal. Unloading i915 (remotely) returns video. Worth note that there is no need to start X to reproduce the bug, loading i915 with modeset=1 (default) is enough.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 2 19:27:43 2010
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro V13
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=ce53ac28-04d7-41ce-8d30-6993d8d4ae8d ro i915.modeset=0
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
dmi.bios.date: 04/29/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A03
dmi.board.asset.tag: 12345
dmi.board.name: 031VJ5
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A03
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A03
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd04/29/2010:svnDellInc.:pnVostroV13:pvrA03:rvnDellInc.:rn031VJ5:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA03:
dmi.product.name: Vostro V13
dmi.product.version: A03
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.32-25-generic

[Daniel Graña (danielgrana)]

upstream bug report https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31455

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Daniel,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 653836

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[Daniel Graña (danielgrana)]

The video problem gone after dell service replaced a part of notebook motherboard.