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Bug#566376: linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64: X unconditionally hangs up on bootup



On Sat, 2010-01-23 at 18:58 +0300, maa_public@sinn.ru wrote:
> 
> > > Package: linux-2.6
> > > Version: 2.6.32-5
> > > Severity: grave
> > > Justification: renders package unusable
> > > 
> > > None of the linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 packages, since they
> > > reached unstable, ever booted successfully on my laptop. X system
> > > darkens the screen and hangs the computer completely (i.e. cannot even
> > > switch to the console via Ctrl-Alt-F1), as soon as the booting process
> > > reaches KDM; Alt-SysRq-B works though.
> > >     
> > [...]
> > 
> > Does this machine have 4 GB RAM (or more)?  If you add 'mem=3500M' to
> > the kernel command line, does this avoid the problem?
> 
> You are twice correct, Ben. 4 Gb, and mem=3500M fixes the problem.
> As this seems a known issue can you please refer me to the original
> problem (and maybe close this as duplicate, if no other bug-related
> data is needed from me)?

This appears to be the same as bug #558237, which will be fixed in the
next upload.  We don't close duplicates but merge them instead.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Any smoothly functioning technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo.

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