Re: Kernel 2,6,32-5-686 wrecks xorg
On 14 Jul 2010, Wolodja Wentland wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 08:58 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:39:29 -0400 (EDT), Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > >
> > > After some more experimenting, I've found that it also happens even
> > > without X! So I don't think the problem is with xorg. I'm now using an
> > > installed version of stable and that has no crashes, so it seems to be
> > > something about how the latest kernel interacts with my system. There
> > > are no other linux-images around to try so perhaps I shall have to
> > > compile a kernel myself.
> >
> > I'm no expert, but this sounds like a KMS issue to me. You might try
> > http://snapshot.debian.org to recover an older stock kernel package,
> > such as linux-image-2.6.32-3-686.
>
> ... or just disable KMS (and yes it sounds like a KMS issue). You can
> find details on [1].
>
> Good luck
>
> Wolodja
>
> [1] http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting#Disabling
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Thanks to Stephen and Wolodja for the suggestions, which I will follow
up. The snapshots site is what I was looking for and I'll check on KMS
as well. Meanwhile, I compiled a kernel myself and that runs without
problems.
Anthony
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