Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 06:05:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 06:05:20 -0400 Received: from hermine.idb.hist.no ([158.38.50.15]:36877 "HELO hermine.idb.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 06:05:19 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 12:10:41 +0200 From: Helge Hafting To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: 2.5.37 won't run X? Message-ID: <20020921121041.C20153@hh.idb.hist.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Mailer: Balsa 1.2.4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 902 Lines: 21 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/