[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1860754] Re: ASUS T100HAN boots to a blank screen with a cursor [i965: Failed to submit batchbuffer: Input/output error]

Well the "[drm:intel_dsi_vbt_gpio_init [i915]] *ERROR* Failed to own gpio for panel control" error is gone. I just noticed you describe the problem as "blank screen with a cursor" , I should have noticed this before. I assume with a cursor you mean a mouse cursor (and not a Linux text console

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1860754] Re: ASUS T100HAN boots to a blank screen with a cursor [i965: Failed to submit batchbuffer: Input/output error]

I have a T100HAN in my personal hw collection, so I just booted up a nightly build of the Fedora 32 workstation livecd on it and that works fine for me. This nightly build is using a 5.6 kernel. So the 5.6 kernel can work on this hardware. AFAIK Ubuntu, like Fedora puts the i915 driver in the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1860754] Re: ASUS T100HAN boots to a blank screen with a cursor [i965: Failed to submit batchbuffer: Input/output error]

p.s. There is another issue with 5.5.y and 5.6 kernels on Cherry Trail hardware, at least with Fedora I'm seeing regular GPU freezes; and specifically on the T100HAN also spontaneous reboots. I've seen the GPU freezes on multiple Cherry Trail devices (these require ssh-ing in and killing