Re: Problems booting kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paolo Pantaleo" <paolopantaleo@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Problems booting kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:45:45 +0200
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Paolo Pantaleo <paolopantaleo@gmail.com>
> Date: 8-set-2005 19.45
> Subject: Re: Problems booting kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7
> To: Alessandro Di Rubbo <evanescenti@graffiti.net>
>
>
> 2005/9/8, Alessandro Di Rubbo <evanescenti@graffiti.net>:
> > If I boot the system using kernel 2.6, after the message about
> > starting gdm (GNOME Display Manager), a messy image appears,
> > similar to my desktop background: except for the mouse,
> > everything is blocked. To go on I have to reset: mysteriously,
> > after the reboot I can use kernel 2.6 (sometimes I have to repeat
> > this procedure many times).
>
> Reset = press the reset button, right?
Right, ther's no other way.
I can turn off because the on/off button doesn't work.
> and what if you turn off and on?
If I shut down after a 2.6 session and then I turn on my pc again, the problem is still there.
>
> > Kernel 2.4, instead, works fine. Furthermore, it seems that, if I
> > exit (halt or reboot) from a 2.4 session, kernel 2.6 works at the
> > first attempt.
> >
> > I installed the kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7 package after the
> > installation of Debian 3.1 "sarge" with kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386.
> >
> > I use an AMD Athlon XP 1800+ CPU and an ATI Radeon 7000 graphic
> > card on an ASUS A7V880 motherboard (VIA KT880/VT8237 chipset).
> >
> > Could anybody help me?
> >
> >
> > Alessandro Di Rubbo
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