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Bobyl

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Registered: 2010-02-10

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[SOLVED] Possible issue with kernel (3.10.2) and intel HD graphics

Hi,

I just performed a system update today and kernel was updated from 3.9.9-1 to 3.10.2-1.
My laptop's video card is an intel HD4000 (intagrated with a core i5 processor)

After reboot, display is completely b0rked, lines are not displayed in the correct order and the display is repeated vertically.

It is not a hardware issue since EFI and Grub are displayed correctly. Display gets corrupted after loading the initial ramdisk (I believe that's when KMS kicks in), and its corrupted in X as well as in console mode.

Temporary solution is to downgrade kernel to 3.9.9

Edit: I've checked the bug database, and it's not related to bugs 36107 and 36154 since display is corrupted even after powerup, and not only after resume.

Last edited by Bobyl (2013-07-25 16:26:16)

WonderWoofy

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Registered: 2012-05-19

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Re: [SOLVED] Possible issue with kernel (3.10.2) and intel HD graphics

You might want to try setting up early KMS.  That is, put the module in your initramfs explicitly so that it is loaded early... hence, 'early KMS'.

Edit: You might want to also double check to make sure that the kernel that it being booted is matching up with the modules it is trying to load.  That is, if you move your kernel to put it on the ESP or if you sometimes don't keep /boot mounted, then you might want to do a "file -k /path/to/kernel" and make sure that whatever is in /usr/lib/modules matches.  There is the possibility that if the initramfs failed because it did not find this matchup, then the kernel and the built initramfs are not meant for each other.

Last edited by WonderWoofy (2013-07-25 14:46:23)

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] Possible issue with kernel (3.10.2) and intel HD graphics

What about https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/36202 ? Have you tried using uxa as the accel method or downgrading the graphics drivers?

Last edited by karol (2013-07-25 14:46:34)

WonderWoofy

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Re: [SOLVED] Possible issue with kernel (3.10.2) and intel HD graphics

What about https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/36202 ? Have you tried using uxa as the accel method or downgrading the graphics drivers?

The bug you linked to is regarding X, while the OP seems to indicate that this happens very early.

Edit: @OP, BTW, I too have an Intel Core i5 with HD4000, and 3.10 has worked well from me through every version (I have been using [testing]), including some of the self built rc releases a while back.

Last edited by WonderWoofy (2013-07-25 16:00:30)

VanillaFunk

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Re: [SOLVED] Possible issue with kernel (3.10.2) and intel HD graphics

i have an intel graphics chipset and just did the update and not having same issue.  all seems fine here

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Bobyl

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Re: [SOLVED] Possible issue with kernel (3.10.2) and intel HD graphics

@WonderWoofy, VanillaFunk:
Thanks for reporting your computers as working correctly, I searched for a problem more specific to my hardware (I have a Dell XPS 13 and there have been problems with screen backlight with earlier kernel version).

It appears that it is indeed an XPS related bug.

linux-mainline-dellxps from AUR includes a patch to address this issue.

WonderWoofy

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Re: [SOLVED] Possible issue with kernel (3.10.2) and intel HD graphics

If you are going to use the linux-mainline-dellxps package from the AUR, you should probably change the source so that it uses the current 3.10.2 rather than 3.10rc1.