On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Greg KH <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:06:28PM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Greg KH <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I'm trying to the the $Subject laptop up and running using the built-in >> > Intel graphics chip: >> > >> > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core >> > processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) >> > Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device 00f7 >> > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 53 >> > Memory at c1400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] >> > Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] >> > I/O ports at 3000 [size=64] >> > Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] >> > Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- >> > Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 >> > Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features >> > Kernel driver in use: i915 >> > >> > And it seems that the xorg Intel driver just doesn't recognize it at >> > all. >> > >> > Below is my Xorg.0.log file. I'm using a 3.5.0 kernel (with a few minor >> > hardware patches for other bits of this laptop that don't work with >> > 3.5.0, but no changes to the graphics drivers.) >> > >> > Any ideas or patches I can try out? >> >> try writing an xorg.conf with a BusID in it and see if it works, most >> likely the primary boot_vga detection is busted. > > Ah, I did that previously, it gave me a black screen and locked up. > I'll get the log from that tomorrow and send it here. > > Note, we are switching from EFI framebuffer mode, so could that be an > issue as well? > > And, just to make it fun, this laptop also has an nvidia chip in it, but > someone else is working on getting the nouveau driver working on it, I > was trying to stay away from that mess :)
Yeah the problem is most likely that the nvidia is connected to the screen :-) I think mjg59 has been working on some stuff in this area lately as well. Dave. _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx