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Description of problem: Kernel update 4.7.2-201 makes the display have 'washed out' colors. It appears that when the console is resized during boot, black turns to dark grey, and all other colors appear 'washed out'. This washed out appearance is also evident once xorg loads, and the login dialog appears. After login the washed out appearance remains. 4.6.7-300 kernel does not have this behavior. Affected machine is a desktop with Intel i915 vga. 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device d000 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 126 Memory at de000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] I/O ports at f000 [size=64] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?> Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [100] Process Address Space ID (PASID) Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS) Capabilities: [300] Page Request Interface (PRI) Kernel driver in use: i915 Kernel modules: i915 Base Board Information Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: Z170-HD3-CF Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-4.7.2-201 How reproducible: Boot using 4.7.2-201 kernel. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
How is this xorg related, the problem manifests before xorg loads.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelBugTriage#Video_Subsystem_bugs
Thanks for the response, that helps me better understand.
Has there been any movement on this? I'm not updating kernels since I reported this problem.
Problem still exists with kernel version 4.8.6-201.
Upgraded to fedora 25, kernel Linux daw3.ldev 4.9.9-200.fc25.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Feb 9 17:28:13 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Problem still exists.
Disabling frame buffer fixes this. Added nomodeset to kernel commandline. Seems when the framebuffer is created at boot, it changes not only the resolution of the console, but the color palette. I tried a Ubuntu 16.04 livecd as well as F25 livecd and saw same behaviour. This is upstream kernel.