On Monday 12 October 2009 02:51:51 pm Dusty wrote:
Hey guys,
I have managed to upgrade (pacman -Syu) grabbing the new kernel upgrade and not killing my X using KMS.
What I did to avoid the problems you guys are getting is the following:
1) Goto the ArchWiki and search for intel and bring up the following page:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_Graphics
2) Follow the steps for the KMS settings..
3) Then run pacman -Syu and grab the updates, install them.
4) Reboot.
5) It works :)
I have the following hardware: <snip>
Primary display adapter: #9 root ~ #
I suspect, if you were to follow the KMS steps in the above URL, then reboot you will probably be ok. If that doesn't work, I would roll back, do the KMS steps, then upgrade (grab the new kernel) and reboot..
Hope this helps you guys,
Let me know how you get on.
Kind Regards,
Dusty.
<snip> Dusty, Glad you got it working, but for me: Bummer :-( I have followed the wiki to a T, using 'Late' Start, but my intel box is still dead in the water: Last login: Tue Oct 13 10:44:44 2009 from alchemy.3111skyline.com 14:24 supersff:~> cat /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf # # /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf (for v2.6 kernels) # options i915 modeset=1 14:25 supersff:~> grep i915 /etc/rc.conf MODULES=(tg3 acx intel_agp i915) I have updated everything, and I still get the black screen of death. On boot, you can tell that X tries to start, the screen flashes, but then BAM back to the terminal screen. Latest logs: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/bugs/supersff/Xorg.0.log.1014 dmesg (bzipped) http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/bugs/supersff/dmesg.out.bz2 -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com