Finally!!!
I tried the same kernel (2.6.32-25-generic) and graphics is now working
perfect, even brightness control.
Did not try external monitor, but will do soon.
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[lucid] Blank screen with KMS on Thinkpad X201 with Arrandale (i915)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554569
You received this
yeah nice one...finally #127 works for me!
edit:
worked for me!!! terrible thing happend, after trying the X201 with
docking station xserver could not start,
even without docking station no graphic appears since xserver error is somethin
about:
(EE) intel(o): No kernel modesetting driver
edit:
working now quiet good every 20th startup or so. the 19 times before
that every time a different error occurs. sometimes even the blank
screen appeared again. other times the touchpad did not start and
therefore xserver stopped.
might be because of the maverick alpha version?
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[lucid]
Tested the kernel from #107 on my X201. Does not work!!! Same problem as
posted in #102. Blinking cursor but brightness keys are working...
Whats the problem with this *** bug???
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[lucid] Blank screen with KMS on Thinkpad X201 with Arrandale (i915)
Hi,
I know that you are all experts with upgrading the kernel and so on. I'm not!
Please, can anybody tell me how to update the kernel with the image posted in
#97 ?!?
As far as I found out at
http://www.unixmen.com/linux-tutorials/780-upgrade-your-kernel-the-safe-way-in-ubuntu-linuxmint
I
@Ray Wang
Thanks for the reply. Now I tried as you explained and I also selected the
right kernel at the boot procedure. So here's what happend:
No black screen anymore (yeah) but a blinking cursor remains for ever. However,
now the brightness keys are working.
Really got frustrated by this
Hi,
I tried to apply the patch with patch -p0 thinkpadx201.diff
and got the following message:
patching file drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 881.1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c.rej
What am I doing wrong?
Besides,
