From: hyperspace.flyover@vogon.gov.invalid   
      
   Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote:   
   > kernel-default-5.14.21-150400.24.49.3.x86_64 came out a day or so ago   
   > [leap 15.4] and I have been installing it on various machines.  The AMD   
   > machines with Radeon Graphics are perfectly happy with it but my   
   > 10-year-old Acer Laptop [intel graphics] freezes 3.6 seconds into the   
   > boot process.   
   >   
   > The last message before it stops is   
   > fb0: switching to i915 from EFI VGA   
   >   
   > The obvious workaround is to boot the previous kernel and that works   
   > just fine.   
   >   
   > I see others have had the problem over the last year, but theirs appear   
   > to be with brand new Intel Graphics systems and that does not describe   
   > my laptop.   
   > https://superuser.com/questions/1761864/leap-15-4-boot-hangs-o   
   -fbo-switching-to-i915-from-efi-vga   
   > is an example.   
      
      
   *Workaround*   
      
   It boots ok if I specify "nomodeset".   
      
   The messages which followed   
   fb0: switching to i915 from EFI VGA   
      
   with the *previous* kernel (and without nomodeset) were:   
   Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25   
   i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)