Bug 85241

Summary:	kernel 3.17.0 incompatibility
Product:	DRI	Reporter:	Stanislav <sbaiduzh>
Component:	DRM/Intel	Assignee:	Dave Airlie <airlied>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Intel GFX Bugs mailing list <intel-gfx-bugs>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium	CC:	airlied, dion, intel-gfx-bugs
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86-64 (AMD64)
OS:	Linux (All)
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Description Stanislav 2014-10-20 13:01:08 UTC

Setup: Lenovo ThinkPad T540p, docking station, NEC monitor attached to docking station.

Intel driver version: 2.99.906
xorg-x11-server version: 7.6_1.14.3.901.

When updated kernel from 3.16.3 to 3.17 - X cannot start when monitor is attached to docking station, but works fine when not attached.


Following upgrade fixed the issue:
Intel driver version: 2.99.916
xorg-x11-server version: 7.6_1.16.1


Additional info attached to mailing list:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2014-10/msg00394.html

Comment 1 Chris Wilson 2014-10-23 20:18:13 UTC

MST breaks old Xservers which fail to fallover gracefully. *shrug*

Comment 2 Jesse Barnes 2015-03-20 21:30:59 UTC

I think Dave said we should wontfix this one.  Dave please re-open if not; I think you may have had a patch to handle things.

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