[arrandale] Screen almost always blank after boot

[MagnusPI]

It seems to be a bug in drm.ko or i915.ko kernel module.

I have blacklisted intel_ips because of symbols issues.
No problems with drm.ko and i915.ko blacklisted and driver vesa.

If I start without kernel parameters or with "i915.modeset=1 video=LVDS-1:1280x800@60e"
the screen is almost always blank and it requires opening and closing the lid a certain number of times in order to get the screen back.

If I start the kernel with parameters "i915.modeset=1 video=1280x800@60e"
then the screen is not blank. I guess it is because also the VGA-1 adapter is turned on even if there is not a vga screen connected. Then I have to manually correct the screen resolution.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1280x800
 edid-base64: AP///////wBMo0FNAAAAAAASAQOAGhB4Cof1lFdPjCcnUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBEhsASVAgNjAQMBMABaMQAAAZAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAACOHAmQAAAAA/gBTQU1TVU5HCiAgICAgAAAA/gAxMjFBVDA5LUgwMQogAB4=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: Off
 modes: 1024x768 800x600 800x600 848x480 640x480
 edid-base64:
Date: Fri Mar 4 14:13:01 2011
DkmsStatus:
 bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.35-25-generic, i686: installed
 bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.35-27-generic, i686: installed
 bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.35-22-generic, i686: installed
 virtualbox-ose, 3.2.8, 2.6.35-25-generic, i686: installed
 virtualbox-ose, 3.2.8, 2.6.35-27-generic, i686: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP TouchSmart tm2 Notebook PC
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-27-generic root=UUID=c39f8568-fbd4-4ce0-8bb6-cbfb96b9ec92 ro i915.modeset=1 video=1280x800@60e
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 06/03/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.05
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 1486
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 83.15
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU026078B
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.05:bd06/03/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPTouchSmarttm2NotebookPC:pvr0489200000252A20001220000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1486:rvrKBCVersion83.15:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP TouchSmart tm2 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 0489200000252A20001220000
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.35-27-generic

[lspci]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1486]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series] [1002:68e0] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1486]

[alistair (alistair-tyeurgain)]

I also have had the same problem in 10.10 and it is still present in Alpha 3 of 11.04

[bugbot (bugbot)]

Hey MagnusPI,

Thanks for your interest in Ubuntu.

Thanks for testing maverick during its development period. Unfortunately it looks like this bug report didn't get attention during the maverick development period. But I see there's not been more comments on the bug since the release, which makes me wonder if this is still an issue for you?

If you've not seen this issue since maverick's release yourself, it may have been solved by kernel or X or other updates that occurred late in the release; if so, would you mind please closing the bug for us? Go to the URL mentioned in this bug report, click the yellow icon(s) in the status column and set to 'Fix Released'.

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[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.