Comment 36 for bug 590504

I have te same problem, I cannot switch to text mode.

dmesg | grep intel

[ 1.411408] intel_idle: MWAIT substates: 0x1120
[ 1.411409] intel_idle: v0.4 model 0x25
[ 1.411411] intel_idle: lapic_timer_reliable_states 0xffffffff
[ 1.414538] ACPI: acpi_idle yielding to intel_idle
[ 14.364715] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel HD Graphics Chipset
[ 14.365827] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 32764K stolen memory
[ 14.637356] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xb0000000
[ 14.637397] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: Warning: CPU TDP doesn't match expected value (found 25, expected 35)
[ 14.637430] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 14.637626] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: failed to get i915 symbols, graphics turbo disabled
[ 14.667730] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: IPS driver initialized, MCP temp limit 65535
[ 15.446724] fb1: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
[ 19.849324] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: CPU power or thermal limit exceeded
[ 19.886148] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #2. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
[ 284.502786] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: CPU power or thermal limit exceeded

lspci | grep VGA

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series] (rev ff)

uname -a

Linux unknown 2.6.35-24-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 2 02:41:37 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Error when I try to switch

[ 1178.504192] [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 1sec aborting
[ 1178.504198] [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEA6 (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEC2
[ 1178.641188] Skipping EDID probe due to cached edid