I recently managed to install Arch Linux onto my Macbook (2,1). It's working fine for me, except for a more or less dramatic problem during the boot process.
In almost 2 out of 3 cases i get the following error message while the system seems to freeze:
fb: conflicting fb hw usage inteldrmfb vs EFI VGA - removing generic driver
Sometimes it boots fine though.
Any idea how to solve this? Thank you in advance.
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UPDATE: As i have tried to disable gfx mode as decribed here i could see the actual error message popping up:
...intel_display_capture_error_state+0x6b/0x2a...
...
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
Mysteriously though my laptop seems to boot without any problem most of the time and the error reappears not as often as in the beginning.
kern.info
and is just to inform you that theinteldrmfb
driver is taking over graphics control from the previously-loaded generic one. You'll find it indmesg
even after normal boots.