[ltp] T520 Intel VESA driver

[Martin Steigerwald]

Am Dienstag, 5. Juli 2011 schrieb Jeffrey Taylor:
> Quoting Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de>:
> > Am Donnerstag, 16. Juni 2011 schrieb Jeffrey L. Taylor:
> > > Is anyone using the VESA driver on a T520 w/ the Intel graphics? 
> > > What is the driver name?  "vesa" gives a black screen and I can't
> > > switch to a virtual terminal (e.g., Crtl-Alt-F1), though I can
> > > reboot (Ctrl-Alt-Delete).
> > 
> > Why do you want to use VESA driver?
> > 
> > AFAIR "vesa" is the right name.
> > 
> > I think VESA driver does not use KMS, so it might be better to
> > disable KMS with "nomodeset" kernel parameter.
> 
> There are bugs in the kernel and/or the i915 video driver (see T520
> lockups thread).  It lockups up or crashes.  I am trying the
> alternatives: the frame buffer and vesa drivers.  You supplied the
> missing piece, I have to disable KMS to use the vesa driver.  Both
> alternatives are pretty unsatisfactory, they don't run at the native
> resolution of the display.  At least not out of the box.  Unless I can
> configure them to run at native resolution, I'll stick with the buggy
> driver.  Or update to the bleeding edge 3.0 kernel and Mesa 7.11
> drivers.

Did you read the thread to the end? With 3.0-rc3 and 3.0-rc5 Ole and I did 
not have lockups anymore.

That was already the case with Mesa 7.10 for me. 3.0-rc3 worked well with 
Mesa 7.10.

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