From: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
To: Giacomo Comes <comes@naic.edu>, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: Dell XPS 8700 kms not working
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 12:06:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ob3mbxet.fsf@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140108023620.GA31965@monopoli.naic.edu>
On Wed, 08 Jan 2014, Giacomo Comes <comes@naic.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
> kms does not work om my Dell XPS 8700
> I have installed openSUSE 13.1 (kernel 3.11.6) and the only way to
> use the system is to pass the kernel option nomodeset.
> If I boot the machine without nomodeset after the kernel and initrd are
> loaded the monitor goes in powersave mode and after 10-15 seconds the
> machine reboot.
>
> lspci -nn:
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0412] (rev 06)
>
> I have compiled and booted the kernel from the drm-intel git repo
> but that one too only boots with nomodeset.
>
> What can I try next?
> What other informations do you need?
Can you get at the dmesg with, say, network console? An alternative
might be booting without i915 loaded, then modprobing it and seeing what
happens. Please add drm.debug=0xe module parameter.
BR,
Jani.
>
> Giacomo
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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-01-08 10:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-08 2:36 Dell XPS 8700 kms not working Giacomo Comes
2014-01-08 10:06 ` Jani Nikula [this message]
2014-01-09 1:06 ` Giacomo Comes
2014-01-12 20:23 ` Giacomo Comes
2014-01-12 20:45 ` Daniel Vetter
2014-01-13 13:53 ` Paulo Zanoni
2014-01-13 15:39 ` Giacomo Comes
2014-01-16 14:48 ` Giacomo Comes
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