[Solved via downgrading] Screen glitches after resume on eeepc 901

DeeCodeUh · 2010-02-08 14:31:06

I know this problem has been mentioned before on this forum, but the one that created it marked it [Solved], and the "solution" didn't help me at all. http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=89954

My screen glitches after I resume once in a while, and sometimes goes completely white and stays completely white. When this happens, I can not press <Ctrl>+<Alt>+F1 to go to command line, the only thing I can do is force my eee to restart.

Yes, I have tried disabling KMS by putting the line...

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/d532bd44-b399-47dc-9c87-652405fd40f4 ro rootfstype=ext4 i915.modeset=0
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

in my menu.lst file, but when I try to start X, I only get this error..

(II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.7.3.901, module version = 2.9.99
        Module class: X.Org Video Driver
        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
        i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
        E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, Pineview G,
        965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, GM45,
        4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43, Clarkdale, Arrandale
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:02:0
(EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected.
(II) UnloadModule: "intel"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

This is my graphics card model.

[root@UpEarly coda]# lspci | grep -i vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Can someone help me start my X server with KMS disabled?

Last edited by DeeCodeUh (2010-02-15 05:15:08)

DeeCodeUh · 2010-02-09 02:40:43

Can anyone help please?

DeeCodeUh · 2010-02-10 02:57:30

Bump..

JohnnyRogers · 2010-02-10 12:20:09

Did you edit your mkinitcpio.conf first, as described here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Int … Setting.29? I don't know if this is necessary (I'm a noob too, but I have the same chip, and this is how I disable KMS).

DeeCodeUh · 2010-02-10 12:47:21

Yeah, I already had that, and it doesn't fix it. Same problem.

DeeCodeUh · 2010-02-10 21:48:23

Bump..

DeeCodeUh · 2010-02-12 14:51:00

Bump..

jasonwryan · 2010-02-12 18:47:41

I have the same model (well, at least with the same video driver) 901 and I have KMS enabled with

i915.modeset=1

and the intel_agp and i915 modules in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf as per http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Int … Setting.29
and its all good...

My xorg.conf is on my config page, if that helps.

jasonwryan · 2010-02-15 00:17:26

4 bumps and then silence?

DeeCodeUh · 2010-02-15 03:55:23

It did not fix it. I tried using components from your xorg file, recompiling the kernel image, disabling / enabling KMS, and nothing fixes it. None of this was a problem before the whole modeset thing with KMS got enabled by default. Now my laptop is unusable after I resume from a suspend, as when I resume, it will only be like 5 - 10 minutes before the screen goes completely white. I've even tried re-installing the whole system. I really like Arch, and I've been using it for like 2.5 years now. But I can't continue using it if it doesn't work...

btw, my eee 901 is the windows XP edition. I bought it, and put linux on it. Apparently the hardware is slightly different from the 901 linux model? I wouldn't have guessed.

jasonwryan · 2010-02-15 03:59:00

Yes - there are also further variations in the model based on where it was manufactured. I bought mine in Sydney and it has some slightly different components to the North American/European ones...

How are you suspending?

DeeCodeUh · 2010-02-15 04:02:08

I'm suspending via KDE's default method, which is pm-suspend? Or does KDE make their own suspend module? I'll try manually executing pm-suspend, and see what that does.
I've also tried uswsusp, as explained in the pm-suspend article in the wiki.

DeeCodeUh · 2010-02-15 04:13:51

pm-suspend yields the same result. Restarting the X server after a resume does not change anything either.

DeeCodeUh · 2010-02-15 04:40:14

For everyone else, it seems like they can so easily disable KMS with like 15 simple characters in their menu.lst file, and life is amazing.
Why am I so special?

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DeeCodeUh · 2010-02-15 05:12:31

I've found a similar thread: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=707498

Okay, with the new intel driver, it appears that KMS HAS to be enabled for the driver to even work at all. A temporary solution appears to be to downgrade to version 2.9.1 of the xf86-video-intel drivers, while at the same time adding i915.modeset=0 to the menu.lst kernel parameters.

If you are running i686

pacman -U http://arm.konnichi.com/2009/12/31/extra/os/i686/xf86-video-intel-2.9.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz

If you are running x86_64

pacman -U http://arm.konnichi.com/2009/12/31/extra/os/x86_64/xf86-video-intel-2.9.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

And thank you very much JohnnyRogers and jasonwryan for helping out too. People like you are what make the Arch community great.

Last edited by DeeCodeUh (2010-02-24 14:43:58)

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