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piroko

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Registered: 2010-01-28

Posts: 14

[SOLVED] Blank screen/lockup on boot with Intel 945GME

I have an HP Mini 1000 netbook with an Intel 945GME graphics card in it. I can't get the computer to boot unless I pass "nomodeset" to the kernel. Without it, the screen goes blank and the computer freezes right as it tries to switch the resolution with KMS. Not using modesetting would be an acceptable solution, except that with KMS disabled, I then can't run X at my full resolution of 1024x600 since the intel xorg driver won't load without KMS enabled. I've tried various solutions I've found on the net, including:

- Enabling the fbcon module in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
- Setting the video mode manually by passing "video=1024x600" and "video=LVDS-1:1024x600" to the kernel

The computer appears to hard lock as soon as it attempts to switch to a different resolution with KMS (I can't reboot the machine with ctrl-alt-delete nor shut it down with the power switch)

Does anyone have any ideas I can try to get this thing working properly?

Thanks!

Last edited by piroko (2015-04-23 01:42:48)

piroko

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Registered: 2010-01-28

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Blank screen/lockup on boot with Intel 945GME

So I installed linux-lts, and it solved the issue. I get full resolution console and X now. So I guess the latest kernel has a bug in it. Unfortunate.