[Intel-gfx] Failed to get i915 symbols, graphics turbo disabled error on boot

[Jesse Barnes]

On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:36:06 -0600
CD <cdysthe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I was gettng a "Failed to get i915 symbols, graphics turbo disabled" error  
> message regardless of kernel I ran. I have a laptop with Intel i5  
> processor and Intel GMA HD graphics. I'm now running a  
> 3.1.0-2.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 kernel on Linux Mint Debian Edition. I have  
> gotten rid of the error message by following advice I found on a forum. I  
> issued the following command:
> 
> sudo su -c 'echo "softdep intel_ips pre: i915" >>  
> /etc/modprobe.d/intel-ips-dep-i915.conf'
> 
> Can someone here tell me whether this solution simply got rid of the error  
> message, or if it may have fixed the problem causing the error message in  
> the first place. I am a Linux user without and coding experience, so  
> please excuse me if the question asked has an obvious answer.

This is an obsolete warning.  It was supposed to be removed from the
IPS driver a long time ago, but has only recently been queued for some
reason...  Ping mjg if you still see it in his current x86 platform
driver tree.

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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