From: florin@iucha.net (Florin Iucha)
To: Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.5.37 won't run X?
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 08:41:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020921134159.GA6203@iucha.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020921121041.C20153@hh.idb.hist.no>
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On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 12:10:41PM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote:
> X won't start on 2.5.37, but works with 2.5.36
> The screen goes black as usual, but then nothing else happens.
> ssh'ing in from another machine shows XFree86 using 50% cpu,
> i.e. one of the two cpu's in this machine.
>
> killing the XFre86 process is impossible, even with kill -9
> from root. sysrq SAK worked though, so I could recover
> the machine. But I had to boot a different kernel to run X.
>
> lspci
> 00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ViRGE/DX or /GX (rev 01)
>
> 2.5.37 SMP kernel
>
> XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
> Release Date: 21 December 2001
>
> Distribution debian testing
>
> Helge Hafting
I get the same behavior on two machines here (a desktop with Duron/SIS 735
chipset/ATI 8500 video and a laptop with PIII/BX chipset/S3 Savage MX video)
so it is not hardware specific.
I am running debian testing, the laptop has XFree 4.1.0 from debian, the
desktop has XFree 4.2.0 from xfree.org .
I am not runnning SMP or preempt. Preempt kernel on the laptop last
worked in 2.5.33 . When enabling preempt in 2.5.36 I get an oops, while
in 2.5.37 I get a bunch of oopses, continuously scrolling off the
screen.
florin
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-09-21 13:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-09-21 10:10 2.5.37 won't run X? Helge Hafting
2002-09-21 13:41 ` Florin Iucha [this message]
2002-09-21 14:53 ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-09-21 16:17 ` Florin Iucha
2002-09-21 16:25 ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-09-21 18:59 ` Florin Iucha
2002-09-21 20:23 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-09-21 20:41 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-09-22 4:30 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-09-22 6:27 ` Florin Iucha
2002-09-23 4:56 ` Florin Iucha
2002-09-23 4:56 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-09-22 12:18 ` Andries Brouwer
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