Bug 618481

Summary: Intel HD Graphics is not working on laptop with hybrid Graphics (Other is Nvidia)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: A S Alam <aalam>
Component: xorg-x11-drv-intelAssignee: Adam Jackson <ajax>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 13CC: ajax, awilliam, mcepl, mshao, xgl-maint
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/var/log/messages attached
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dmesg file when xorg.conf -> driver intel
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xorg.conf with intel, which is not working (Screen flickering)
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Xorg.0.log
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Xorg.1.log
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Description A S Alam 2010-07-27 02:27:27 UTC 
Description of problem:
Laptop has Dynamic Hybrid Graphics with following detail:
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[root@zhawk ~]# lspci |grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 330M] (rev a2)
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3 mode with Hardware Switch/Button
1 - Speed (NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M GPU)
2 - Stamina (Intel® HD Graphics)
3 - Auto

for Testing, used Speed/Stamina Mode only.

Specification: 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.11.0-5.fc13.x86_64
kernel-2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. setting 'intel' driver in xorg.conf is not working, no Display

  
Actual results:
only 'vesa' is working,


Expected results:
setting 'intel' should work

Additional info:
for Nvidia Display Problem Bug #610496 filed

VGA.rom: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=431632 (which suppose to be Intel GPU )
Comment 1 A S Alam 2010-07-27 02:29:45 UTC 
Smolt profile: http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_43f6c903-926f-4a9c-a19e-44a066d1a69f
Comment 2 Matěj Cepl 2010-07-27 21:52:48 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report.  We have reviewed the information you have provided above, and there is some additional information we require that will be helpful in our diagnosis of this issue.

Please add drm.debug=0x04 to the kernel command line, restart computer, and attach

* your X server config file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf, if available),
* X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.*.log)
* output of the dmesg command, and
* system log (/var/log/messages)

to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the bugzilla file attachment link above.

We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information.

Thanks in advance.
Comment 3 A S Alam 2010-07-29 13:36:52 UTC 
Created attachment 435280 [details]
/var/log/messages attached
Comment 4 A S Alam 2010-07-29 13:37:48 UTC 
Created attachment 435281 [details]
dmesg file when xorg.conf -> driver intel
Comment 5 A S Alam 2010-07-29 13:38:49 UTC 
Created attachment 435282 [details]
xorg.conf with intel, which is not working (Screen flickering)
Comment 6 A S Alam 2010-07-29 13:39:26 UTC 
Created attachment 435283 [details]
Xorg.0.log
Comment 7 A S Alam 2010-07-29 13:40:28 UTC 
Created attachment 435285 [details]
Xorg.1.log
Comment 8 A S Alam 2010-07-29 13:41:47 UTC 
Created attachment 435287 [details]
Xorg.2.log
Comment 9 A S Alam 2010-07-29 13:42:53 UTC 
Created attachment 435289 [details]
Xorg.3.log
Comment 10 A S Alam 2010-07-29 13:43:21 UTC 
Created attachment 435290 [details]
Xorg.4.log
Comment 11 A S Alam 2010-07-29 13:43:45 UTC 
Created attachment 435291 [details]
Xorg.5.log
Comment 12 A S Alam 2010-07-29 13:46:52 UTC 
Created attachment 435294 [details]
Xorg.setup.log
Comment 13 Adam Jackson 2010-08-26 13:41:22 UTC 
Intel's not going to work if you say 'nomodeset'.  Try not doing that.
Comment 14 Adam Williamson 2010-08-26 18:12:02 UTC 
ajax, it is a bug, it's a dupe of mine that I emailed you about. It doesn't work without 'nomodeset', either.



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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 596557 ***