problems with video-intel driver

[davidek at ipnp.troja.mff.cuni.cz]

Raul Sanchez Siles wrote:
> davidek at ipnp.troja.mff.cuni.cz wrote:
> 
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I finally tested my i855GM with the git master version (I did it on
>> 8.8.2007). I only compiled the intel video driver, using the standard xorg
>> (version7.2) and libdrm (version 2.3.0) shipped with Debian Lenny. The
>> newdriver is considerably larger than the previous version, but the
>> problem (see below) still persist - after closing the lid the laptop
>> freezes completely. I also put the newest Xorg.0.log on the web:
>> http://www-ucjf.troja.mff.cuni.cz/~davidek/xorg/Xorg.0.log.inteldriver_git
>> (but I don't see much difference with respect the version 2.1 - see also
>> below)


Thanks to Keith and Raul for the hints. I will try with keeping Pipe A 
active. Concerning the suspend/resume problem - Keith suggested to check 
the vbetool. That might be the solution, in fact I have in my 
/etc/hibernate/common.conf the settings:
EnableVbetool yes
VbetoolPost yes 
but I don't know what commands does this settings issue exactly.

> 
> You may be interested in https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11432
> there you can find some indications on what happens,

Interesting. I also made some experiments with Bios upgrades, upgrading to 
version A10 caused the Xwin display to be vertically shifted by about 1 cm 
down, which made the laptop quite  unsuable. Downgrading to A07 helped at that 
time. However, as far as I undestood from the bug report above (comment #14 by 
Conns), the problem is rather in one specific commit, right?

> Could you tell us which laptop do you own?

It's a Dell Latitude D505.

Best regards
                            Tomas