Bug 10997 - onboard intel gmx3000 goes to blank white screen in X
Summary: onboard intel gmx3000 goes to blank white screen in X
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/intel (show other bugs)
Version: 7.2 (2007.02)
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Eric Anholt
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
URL: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+so...
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Reported: 2007-05-18 16:51 UTC by Bryce Harrington
Modified: 2007-08-09 11:25 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Bryce Harrington 2007-05-18 16:51:45 UTC 
This is reported by a Ubuntu user in Launchpad bug 110124:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-driver-i810

This is happening on feisty gold with dimension e520.
onboard intel gmx3000 using default i810 driver

steps to reproduce:
After installation switch to a virtual console from X (ctrl-alt-F1-F6)
then switch back to X (alt-F7) screen will go blank white, and have not been able to recover X at this point without reboot.
I have attempted ctrl-alt-bkspace and booting to runlevel 1 and then back to runlevel 3

can work around by setting to vesa driver instead in xorg.conf

connected monitor(s) are dell 1707FP, E156FP, 2007FPW

a work around is confirmed by adding (Option "VBERestore" "True") to this i810 device section in xorg.conf


The latest intel video driver, 2.0.0, (which is called intel_drv rather than i810_drv for versions later than the included 1.7.4), works fine without the workaround. The 2.0.0 driver no longer depends on the video BIOS, apparently.
Comment 1 Jesse Barnes 2007-08-09 11:25:17 UTC 
We recommend the use of the new native modesetting drivers rather than the old ones that rely on the BIOS.  No further development is planned on the 1.7.4 line...

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