Messages in this thread | | | From | Dirk Gouders <> | Subject | Re: [2.6.39] drm/i915: blank screen on Lenovo Ideapad U160 | Date | Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:11:23 +0200 |
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Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> writes:
>> > Does your machine also work if you set the lvds_use_ssc param to 0? >> >> Yes, that works! >> I undid all modifications, compiled the i915 driver as a module (I am >> not sure if that is necessary) und used i915.lvds_use_ssc=0 as a >> further bootparameter, I will attach the dmesg output. >> >> Would you say "This problem was just a case of wrong parameter usage", >> then? > > No, we should be parsing the VBT differently in your case it appears. > But the simple change above will break other platforms, so it's > possible we're missing a VBT format change and need to parse it > differently depending on the version.
OK, thanks a lot for spending your time to help me to find this comfortable workaround.
Please let me know if I can help with further testing.
Dirk
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