[Intel-gfx] Dell XPS 8700 kms not working

[Giacomo Comes]

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:39:01AM -0400, Giacomo Comes wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:53:18AM -0200, Paulo Zanoni wrote:
> > 2014/1/12 Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch>:
> > > On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Giacomo Comes <comes at naic.edu> wrote:
> > >> This is the dmesg output using drm-intel-next-2014-01-10
> > >>
> > >> I booted without loading the i915 module, started netconsole
> > >> and then insmod i915.ko. The computer freeze, the monitor goes in powersave
> > >> mode and after 45 seconds it powers off and then restarts.
> > >>
> > >> Any help?
> > >
> > > A hsw that dies when we should be doing the first modeset. This is one
> > > for Paulo.
> > 
> > I think you should report a bug on http://bugs.freedesktop.org.
> > Email-reported bugs tend to get forgotten quickly. Please reply with a
> > link to your bug report :)
> 
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73559
>  
> > That said, are you passing any special Kernel command line parameters?
> 
> No, no special kernel parameters
> 
> > The logs suggest you have an HDMI monitor connected, but later we try
> > to set a mode on the disconnected VGA monitor and on the HDMI monitor.
> > Does that reflect your setup?
> 
> The Dell XPS 8700 has a Dispaly Port and a HDMI port. No vga. The log 
> is with the monitor connected to HDMI. The same thing (PC freeze) happens
> if I connect a monitor to the Display Port.

Hi,
10 days have passed since I reported my problem and still nobody
has really looked at it. Do I have any hope to get it fixed?

Giacomo