Fixing drm_kms_helper issue on intel GM965 dell d630

Fri, February 23, 2018 · 1 min read

Add GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="video=SVIDEO-1:d" in /etc/default/grub and rebuild the GRUB configuration file:

grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found background: /boot/grub2/themes/linux.jpg
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.14-200.fc26.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-4.15.14-200.fc26.x86_64.img
done

Reference: Arch Linux forums.

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