On Sat, 15 Jan 2011, Philip Downer wrote: > On 15/01/11 10:37, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > a quick perusal of the git log shows a number of recent > > i915-related commits. still not sure what fixed things so i'll be > > keeping at least a couple earlier working kernels around. > > There was a recent mention of what I think is the issue on LWN, I > tried to find out what the 'blank screen' issue was when mentioned > as I have several boxes with intel graphics that haven't had issues, > but couldn't find any more info, anyway excerpt and link below... > > "While we were on our holiday break, 2.6.37-rc8 was released on > December 28. "The -rc8 release shouldn't be all that exciting. The > most noticeable is probably the fact that hopefully the 'blank > screen' problem with intel graphics is fixed. But on the whole, it's > all just a collection of random fixes all over." See the full > changelog for all the details." -lwn [1] > > Phil > > [1] http://lwn.net/Articles/420887/ i remember reading that, but i *tried* a kernel based on -rc8 and it still had the same issue. at this point, i'm going to count my blessings and just hope it's been resolved once and for all. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
