13.1 - No GUI with Intel Graphic after kernel update (3.11.10 -34 to 3.12.57-44)

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After updating Kernel from 3.11.10-34 to 3.12.57-44 my Laptop wasn’t able to start the GUI. The screen goes black without any possibility to swtich to konsole mode via CTRL-ALT-F1. The only options to getting back an answering system was either boot with the older Kernel or with kernel parameter nomodeset.

lspci -v (with 3.11 kernel) gaves me:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated
Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 13bd
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 58
Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at f000 [size=64]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915

Thanks in advanced for any suggestion what goes wrong here :)[/size][/size][/size]

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I don’t know what causes your problem.

I will make a suggestion.

Edit “/etc/zypp/zypp.conf”. Look for the line starting “multiversion.kernels”. Then add “oldest” to that list. That’s to make sure that the working 3.11 kernel isn’t deleted in a cleanup of old kernels. When the problem is fixed, you can undo that change.

You might want to look in “/var/log/Xorg*” to see if there is any relevant information.

Maybe try the command “startx” from a root command line, to see if that gives any useful diagnostics.