[Pm-utils] Problems with 98smart-kernel-video and intel graphics chipsets

[Michael Biebl]

2008/9/21 Jesse Barnes <jbarnes at virtuousgeek.org>:
> On Saturday, September 20, 2008 3:04 pm Michael Biebl wrote:
>>
>> Or put in other words: What are the exact prerequisites
>> (hardware/software) for kernel modesetting to actually work. And what
>> kind of quirks are no longer necessary then (all?) ?
>
> Ah I didn't read the whole original message.  Kernel mode setting should work
> on 855 and above (and possibly 830 though I haven't tested).  Suspend/resume
> code is part of the patch, but is currently broken on all chipsets that I'm
> aware of (we'll get this fixed before merging upstream).
>
> Maybe you can point me at the original bug report so I can take a look?
>

It's http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499442

The beginning of the discussion is
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pm-utils/2008-September/001637.html

Cheers,
Michael

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