[arch-general] X fails to start with intel card after latestkernel update

[Rafa Griman]

Hi :)

On Wednesday 14 October 2009 21:35:58 David C. Rankin wrote:
> 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:


I'm using the "Early" start on an MSI Wind and works perfect.


> 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:


How about booting into runlevel 3 and then manualy running "startx"? Have you 
tried that?


> http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/bugs/supersff/Xorg.0.log.1014


Been looking through your log and see this line:

	Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda6 ro vga=0x31a

Shouldn't you remove all the vga= and/or video= options in menu.lst?

Maybe that's the problem.

HTH

   Rafa

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