Bug#647858: loading kernel module viafb blacks out Sylvania G netbook

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

# Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
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# > I also tried a self-compiled 3.2.0-rc2 with the same results.
tags 647858 = upstream
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Tzafrir Cohen wrote:

> The system does not freeze on a 'modprobe viafb'. It merely blanks the
> screen. If I disable loading this module, I will basically load. The
> system will still hang at random a while later (several hours? more?).

Odd.  The viafb problem is probably worth investigating, but let's take
care of the hangs first.

Please attach full "dmesg" output from booting without the viafb module.

Not sure what else to suggest.  Does the nosmp (i.e., the -486) kernel
behave differently?  Did this system work well with lenny before?  If
so, could you try e.g. a lenny live cd to check if it still does?

Thanks for writing, and hope that helps.
Jonathan