F15b X fail on Thinkpad T410/i915 (_DSM problem?)

[Adam Williamson]

On Mon, 2011-05-09 at 20:02 +0100, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> So far the only machine I've had any hw trouble on with f15b is my Thinkpad T410
> with Intel i915 graphics (and latest Lenovo fw).
> 
> Anaconda ran happily in normal graphics mode as did Firstboot and Plymouth
> displays fine during boot but as soon as we get to the end of the boot process X
> is clearly unhappy (flashing console cursor and repeated attempts to start). The
> only hint is:
> 
> [drm:intel_dsm_pci_probe] *ERROR* failed to get supported _DSM functions
> 
> Which led me to:
> 
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698045
> 
> And then to:
> 
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=669489
> 
> Which mentions a still-under-discussion patch. I tried a later rawhide kernel
> from koji (did not check if it included anything, was just a quick punt before
> heading home..) - 2.6.39-0.rc5.git5.0.fc16 - but no joy there either.
> 
> Truth be told I'm not at all sure where the problem is - this is a long way from
> the parts of the system that I know well.
> 
> Was wondering how widespread this was, and whether anyone knew more about the
> problem than me? I thought a fair few Fedora folks had these machines? Anyway
> any assistance greatly appreciated.

It occurs to me that the message may be a red herring; neither of the
bug reports seems to suggest that the lack of these objects causes (or
should cause) your babies to get eaten. Can you look through the
boilerplate at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Xorg_problems
and see if any of that helps you get more informative / detailed logs?
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