Bug 24538 - No text console available.
Summary: No text console available.
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/intel (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
: medium critical
Assignee: Jesse Barnes
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords: NEEDINFO
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-10-14 17:17 UTC by Greg Kroah-Hartman
Modified: 2010-03-18 10:57 UTC (History)
0 users

See Also:
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Attachments
Xorg.0.log when booting. (18.87 KB, text/plain)
2009-10-14 17:17 UTC, Greg Kroah-Hartman
no flags Details
My kernel .config file (69.50 KB, text/plain)
2009-10-14 19:10 UTC, Greg Kroah-Hartman
no flags Details
dmesg with drm_debug=9 (67.46 KB, text/plain)
2009-12-06 14:43 UTC, Greg Kroah-Hartman
no flags Details
drm_debug=6 (66.51 KB, text/plain)
2009-12-06 15:06 UTC, Greg Kroah-Hartman
no flags Details

Description Greg Kroah-Hartman 2009-10-14 17:17:42 UTC
Created attachment 30430 [details]
Xorg.0.log when booting.

When booting, after KMS takes over, there is no text console available.  The screen is blank until X starts.  When trying to switch to a console, the color goes "inverse" until switched back.

This is with the 2.6.32-rc4 kernel and the 2.9.0 version of the Intel driver.

Xorg.0.log is attached.
Comment 1 Gordon Jin 2009-10-14 19:01:04 UTC
Do you enable CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE?

If not, that's bug#24208.
Comment 2 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2009-10-14 19:09:39 UTC
Yes, I have, I've attached my kernel .config now as well.
Comment 3 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2009-10-14 19:10:07 UTC
Created attachment 30434 [details]
My kernel .config file
Comment 4 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2009-10-14 19:10:25 UTC
Info now provided.
Comment 5 Gordon Jin 2009-10-14 19:51:00 UTC
I also just read Greg mentioned fbcon is enabled in mailing list.

So it's a different issue. Let Jesse to handle. I guess dmesg output (with drm.debug=0x06) will be needed.
Comment 6 Jesse Barnes 2009-11-20 12:57:26 UTC
Yeah your dmesg with debug=0x06 could help here.  It's strange that X comes up fine but fbcon doesn't...
Comment 7 Jesse Barnes 2009-12-02 12:25:24 UTC
Ping, Greg can you attach your dmesg from a fresh booth with the drm debug param set to 6?  Ideally with Eric's drm-intel-next branch from his drm-intel.git tree on kernel.org.
Comment 8 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2009-12-06 14:43:14 UTC
Created attachment 31785 [details]
dmesg with drm_debug=9

Here's the boot log for 2.6.31.10-rc1.  Note the long timeout delay of the i2c reading, could that be the problem (look at the end of the file)

If you need me to boot any other kernel version, please let me know.
Comment 9 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2009-12-06 14:44:38 UTC
(In reply to comment #8)
> Created an attachment (id=31785) [details]
> dmesg with drm_debug=9

Oops, I did it with =9, should I reboot with it at 6?

Can't hurt I guess...
Comment 10 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2009-12-06 15:06:46 UTC
Created attachment 31786 [details]
drm_debug=6

Here's with drm_debug=6.

And the kernel version is 2.6.31.7-rc1, too many different kernel versions floating around here, sorry.
Comment 11 ykzhao 2010-03-15 06:36:45 UTC
Hi, Greg
    Can you try the 2.6.33 kernel and attach the output of dmesg with the boot option of "drm.debug=0x4"?
    
Thanks.
Comment 12 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2010-03-18 10:57:28 UTC
This hardware is now dead, so don't really worry about this bug.  I don't use the machine anymore, so don't waste any time on it.


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