[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #5040: Dell Dimension 3100 with LCD screen loses video at end of boot

  • From: "umccullough" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:06:52 -0000

#5040: Dell Dimension 3100 with LCD screen loses video at end of boot
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 Reporter:  MichaelCrawford                      |       Owner:  axeld         
     Type:  bug                                  |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  high                                 |   Milestone:  Unscheduled   
Component:  Drivers/Graphics/intel_extreme       |     Version:  R1/Development
 Keywords:  r34248, video, boot, safe mode, vga  |   Blockedby:                
 Platform:  x86                                  |    Blocking:                
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Comment(by umccullough):

 Sounds like a similar intel_extreme issue that a lot of i945 chips are
 suffering from (see also #4240, #3464, #3149 )

 When you're on the boot menu, selecting a mode from the "fail safe video
 modes" doesn't actually make the app_server use fail safe video (only the
 boot screen) - if you want the app_server to use fail safe video, you must
 go into the safe mode options sub-menu and turn on the fail safe video
 mode also. This will prevent app_server from using the intel_extreme
 driver beyond boot screen and likely provide you with a usable vesa
 system.

 FWIW, this is extremely confusing to explain to people who aren't familiar
 with it - could something be done to remove the ambiguity here?

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