On Monday 12 October 2009 02:51:51 pm Dusty wrote: > Hey guys, > > I have managed to upgrade (pacman -Syu) grabbing the new kernel upgrade and > not killing my X using KMS. > > What I did to avoid the problems you guys are getting is the following: > > 1) Goto the ArchWiki and search for intel and bring up the following page: > > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_Graphics > > 2) Follow the steps for the KMS settings.. > > 3) Then run pacman -Syu and grab the updates, install them. > > 4) Reboot. > > 5) It works :) > > I have the following hardware: <snip> > > Primary display adapter: #9 > root ~ # > > I suspect, if you were to follow the KMS steps in the above URL, then > reboot you will probably be ok. If that doesn't work, I would roll back, > do the KMS steps, then upgrade (grab the new kernel) and reboot.. > > Hope this helps you guys, > > Let me know how you get on. > > Kind Regards, > > Dusty. > <snip> Dusty, Glad you got it working, but for me: Bummer :-( I have followed the wiki to a T, using 'Late' Start, but my intel box is still dead in the water: Last login: Tue Oct 13 10:44:44 2009 from alchemy.3111skyline.com 14:24 supersff:~> cat /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf # # /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf (for v2.6 kernels) # options i915 modeset=1 14:25 supersff:~> grep i915 /etc/rc.conf MODULES=(tg3 acx intel_agp i915) I have updated everything, and I still get the black screen of death. On boot, you can tell that X tries to start, the screen flashes, but then BAM back to the terminal screen. Latest logs: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/bugs/supersff/Xorg.0.log.1014 dmesg (bzipped) http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/bugs/supersff/dmesg.out.bz2 -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
