Comment 14 for bug 431812

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 431812] Re: fbcon loading a mystery (screen powers off)

Giwex [2009-09-19 1:21 -0000]:
> Excuse me, I tried the solution proposed meaning to add the
> i915.modeset=0 fix to the linux line at the boot but the boot
> immediately tells me that the option is invalid (or something similar).

Yes, it does that, but it works anyway. The reason is that at the time
this check runs and the error message appears, the i915 module isn't
loaded yet.