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Bug#632212: linux-image-2.6.39-2-686-pae: kernel locks up when starting udev, upon graphics mode switch



On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 16:59 +0200, Attila Kinali wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.39-2
> Severity: important
> 
> I just upgraded my desktop from stable to testing and got
> the current 2.6.39.2 kernel package installed.
> 
> During the boot process, when udev is started, the kernel switches
> from text mode into graphics mode. After this, the image on the screen
> is completely grabled (looks like the graphics card is using uninitialized
> memory as frame buffer, ie mostly noise with some images from earlier
> in the boot process visible in some corners) and locks up completely.
[...]

Can you test Linux 3.0-rc7, as packaged in experimental?

You may also need to install the firmware for this card, which is
included in firmware-linux-nonfree.  This is definitely required for 3D
acceleration and may be needed for some other functionality.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Absolutum obsoletum. (If it works, it's out of date.) - Stafford Beer

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