i915 driver update testing

[Konstantin Belousov]

On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 12:02:54PM +0200, Johannes Dieterich wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> sorry for cross-posting (I am not subscribed to x11@).
> 
> Same behavior for me (i5-3320M on a Thinkpad T430s w/ Optimus support) as
> reported by Maurizio.
> 
> When boot switches to graphics from text mode, display remains black with
> backlight on. I am running the experimental xorg-stack from
> https://trillian.chruetertee.ch/svn/ports/branches/experimental which works
> with an unmodified r272482 w/o problem (minus the Optimus, obviously).
Does the machine still alive after the KMS sequence ?  I.e., can you
ssh into the box ?

If not, do you have kernel crash dump partition configured and activated ?
> 
> No entry in Xorg.0.log. /var/log/messages only contains output from
> consolekit, saying it waits for a native display on tty 9.
> 
> Please let me know if you want me to test anything further.