<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_REOPENED " title="REOPENED - Black/blank screen at boot (last message line: fb: switching to inteldrmfb from EFI VGA) unless i915.modeset=0 is set" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105549#c30">Comment # 30</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_REOPENED " title="REOPENED - Black/blank screen at boot (last message line: fb: switching to inteldrmfb from EFI VGA) unless i915.modeset=0 is set" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105549">bug 105549</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:sewkokot@gmail.com" title="Seweryn Kokot <sewkokot@gmail.com>"> Seweryn Kokot</a> <pre>Created <a href="attachment.cgi?id=138749" name="attach_138749" title="dmesg, kernel 4.15.15, with patch, drm.debug=14">attachment 138749</a> <a href="attachment.cgi?id=138749&action=edit" title="dmesg, kernel 4.15.15, with patch, drm.debug=14">[details]</a> dmesg, kernel 4.15.15, with patch, drm.debug=14 I attach dmesg from kernel 4.15.15 after applying this patch <a href="https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10003565/">https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10003565/</a> I confirm that the two lines are present in dmesg: [ 7.087856] [drm:i915_driver_load [i915]] Found SunrisePoint LP PCH [ 7.088526] [drm:intel_device_info_dump [i915]] i915 device info: platform=KABYLAKE gen=9 pciid=0x5917 rev=0x07 I also confirm that applying this patch and without nomodeset or i915.modeset=0 I can now see the login prompt (so no black/blank screen at boot anymore) However I cannot downgrade BIOS from 1.1.9 to 1.0.8.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> <li>You are on the CC list for the bug.</li> <li>You are the QA Contact for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>