I help administer a box for a group I used to belong to, and they're
having some trouble with recent X. They've got a dell with Intel
E7221 integrated graphics. With recent servers, the console locks up
as soon as X starts. The screen blanks, and there is no more possible
interaction with the server. Even after killing X, the machine
remains in this state (I haven't tried video POST or anything like
that yet to restore functionality, but that's not my main concern).
The 1.4 server with the Intel 2.5.1 drivers works great. Updating the
server from 1.4.x to ~1.5.3 or ~1.6.2rc2 causes this failure.
Works: 1.4.x server, Intel 2.5.1 drivers
Fails: 1.5.x or 2.5.x server, any intel drivers (tried 2.5.1 as well
as through 2.7.x)
I've tried 2.6.26, 2.6.27, and 2.6.28 kernels. Due to another,
unrelated bug, I cannot try 2.6.29 at this time.
stdout/err:
This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the xorg product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.
X.Org X Server 1.6.1.901 (1.6.2 RC 1)
Release Date: 2009-5-8
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.28-hardened-r9 i686
Current Operating System: Linux upe.cs.berkeley.edu 2.6.28-hardened-r9
#2 SMP Wed Jul 1 00:03:10 PDT 2009 i686
Build Date: 30 June 2009 01:04:39PM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Wed Jul 1 08:01:19 2009
(==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
(EE) Failed to load module type1 (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module freetype (module does not exist, 0)
get fences failed: -1
param: 6, val: 0
Setting master
get fences failed: -1
param: 6, val: 0
---
syslog, facility=kern:
2009-07-01T08:01:21-07:00 kern.info upe [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0
20060810
2009-07-01T08:01:21-07:00 kern.info upe pci :00:02.0: PCI INT A -
GSI 16 (level, low) - IRQ 16
2009-07-01T08:01:21-07:00 kern.info upe [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0
20080730 on minor 0
2009-07-01T08:01:21-07:00 kern.err upe [drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR*
Unknown parameter 6
2009-07-01T08:01:21-07:00 kern.err upe [drm:i915_getparam] *ERROR*
Unknown parameter 6
---
Xorg.0.log:
This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the xorg product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.
X.Org X Server 1.6.1.901 (1.6.2 RC 1)
Release Date: 2009-5-8
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.28-hardened-r9 i686
Current Operating System: Linux upe.cs.berkeley.edu 2.6.28-hardened-r9
#2 SMP Wed Jul 1 00:03:10 PDT 2009 i686
Build Date: 30 June 2009 01:04:39PM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Wed Jul 1 08:01:19 2009
(==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
(==) ServerLayout Main Layout
(**) |--Screen SCREEN (0)
(**) | |--Monitor Dell D1626HT
(**) | |--Device INTEL
(**) |--Input Device Mouse1
(**) |--Input Device Keyboard1
(**) Option BlankTime 10
(**) Option StandbyTime 20
(**) Option SuspendTime 30
(**) Option OffTime 60
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/Speedo/ does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/OTF does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/local/,
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/,
built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to /usr/lib/xorg/modules
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers
