Name: When Your Budget Laptop Needs a Custom Kernel: A Linux Troubleshooting Adventure - Andrei Pokhilko, Komodor
Start: 2025-08-25T15:35:00+0200
End: 2025-08-25T16:15:00+0200

25-27, August 2025
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Monday August 25, 2025 15:35 - 16:15 CEST

G104

This talk chronicles my journey of troubleshooting a Linux kernel issue on a budget Intel GeminiLake-based Chinese mini-laptop. What began as a simple hardware purchase escalated into a two-month deep dive into the i915 GPU driver when the display mysteriously went blank during initialization.

I'll walk through the systematic troubleshooting approach: isolating the issue to the i915 driver, identifying the kernel configuration options triggering the problem, and developing a practical patch that bypasses problematic GPIO pin activation sequences. Along the way, I'll share surprising discoveries about hardware compatibility, kernel development complexity, and the limitations of AI tools when facing real-world Linux challenges.

This presentation is designed for Linux enthusiasts and IT professionals curious about kernel troubleshooting. Attendees will leave with practical knowledge about GPU driver internals, confidence that such issues are solvable without specialized expertise, and inspiration to tackle their own hardware compatibility challenges.

Speakers

Andrei Pokhilko

Open Source Dev Lead, Komodor

Andrei is the Open Source Dev Leader at Komodor, a startup building the next-gen troubleshooting platform for Kubernetes. Over 20 years of experience in the dev space, Andrei is known as the founder of multiple successful Open Source projects, such as JMeter-Plugins.org, Helm Dashboard... Read More →

Monday August 25, 2025 15:35 - 16:15 CEST
G104

Linux

Audience Experience Level Intermediate

Open Source Summit Europe 2025

Andrei Pokhilko

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