[Intel-gfx] i915 DRM driver problem when installing Mint linux on Surface3

[Jani Nikula]

On Mon, 15 Jun 2015, 소병철 <byungchul.so at samsung.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone.
>
>
> Currently I'm installing Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca - Cinnamon on Microsoft
> Surface3.
> (Not Surface Pro 3, but Surface 3 with Atom x7-Z8700 cherry trail and Intel HD
> Graphics)
>
> I could install mint linux successfully. However, 3D graphics wasn't enabled.
> So I tried other ways - change linux kernel to 4.1.0-rc4 drm-intel-next from
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/drm-intel and update mesa version. 
> But it didn't show successful result. According to dmesg it seems i915 DRM
> driver isn't initialized correctly
>
> So I'm wondering that the latest i915 DRM driver doesn't support Surface3 yet?
> or is there other solutions?

Please file a new bug on [1], add drm.debug=14 module parameter, and
attach full dmesg to the bug.

BR,
Jani.

[1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=DRI&component=DRM/Intel

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center