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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

8086:2a42 [gm45] Screen blacks out for a second occasionally

Bug #583494 reported by Mr Verity on 2010-05-20

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #538648: 8086:2a42 [Intel GM45] Irregular sync flashes (Needs i915.powersave quirk). Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xorg

Sometimes My screen goes black for a second, I have an intel video card, I can't remember weather or not it did this in windows

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 20 19:55:45 2010
DkmsStatus: bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.32-22-generic, i686: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: Advent Roma
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=26ad9f31-3f3b-4ce1-9b62-13d3805a15a0 ro splash quiet vga=771 quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 09/16/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix
dmi.bios.version: 1.05AD
dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345
dmi.board.name: Roma
dmi.board.vendor: Advent
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Advent
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenix:bvr1.05AD:bd09/16/2009:svnAdvent:pnRoma:pvr:rvnAdvent:rnRoma:rvr:cvnAdvent:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Roma
dmi.sys.vendor: Advent
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.32-22-generic

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Mr Verity (mr.l.verity) wrote on 2010-05-20:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (45.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (30.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (24.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog1.txt Edit (24.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog2.txt Edit (36.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (12.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (503 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (231 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (104.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (228.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (28.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (28.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (16.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
monitors.xml.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (19.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (47.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2010-05-21

affects:

xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2010-05-21

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Stenten (stenten) on 2010-05-22

summary:	- Screen blacks out for a second occasionally + [gm45] Screen blacks out for a second occasionally
tags:	added: flicker gm45

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Stenten (stenten) wrote on 2010-05-22: Re: [gm45] Screen blacks out for a second occasionally

Please try booting wtih "i915.powersave=0":
gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub
Add "i915.powersave=0" to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
so it reads
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.powersave=0"
Save and exit, and then run "sudo update-grub" in a terminal. Then reboot.

Stenten (stenten) on 2010-05-22

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

penalvch (penalvch) on 2013-09-28

summary:

- [gm45] Screen blacks out for a second occasionally
+ 8086:2a42 [gm45] Screen blacks out for a second occasionally

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