On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 11:50 -0700, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: >> My laptop has a built-in Intel graphic board. I read that kms for Intel is >> supposed to be included in kernel-2.6.29, but whenever I put rhgb on the >> kernel boot line i grub (and remove vga= and remove nomodeset), then the >> computer boots and I can tell that it's logging into kde, but the screen is >> just black and I am unable to change to another vt. When I use vga= and >> nomodeset, then Plymouth works and so does X. >> >> Am I missing an option on the kernel boot line in grub? Do I have to >> configure something? How do I enable the native modeline required to get >> my laptop to use its native resolution? I tried xrandr, but it was unable to >> use the native resolution. Yet, I have read that the kernel is now supposed >> to do this... > > It sounds like it's just buggy on your system. The initial cut at Intel > KMS was quite buggy, then it was improved in a later kernel revision, so > - are you on the very latest Rawhide kernel? > -- The current state of KMS (even with latest rawhide kernel) appears to be particular about monitors too. I have 2 different monitors I connect with, one works just fine, the other needs "nomodeset nopat" to get X/gdm/compiz to work. tom -- Tom London -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
