Re: Lenny kernel (2.6.26) hangs
2009/2/23 Dennis Busboom <dcbnebr@yahoo.com>:
> I think I've discovered what's causing the hang, but haven't had time to
> dig into it. It seems that the video card (huh?!) is the problem.
>
> lspci -v shows this with the 2.6.28 kernel booted up....
>
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV4 [RIVA TNT]
> (rev 04) (
> Subsystem: VISIONTEK Device 0020
> Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
> Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
> Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=16M]
> Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1
> Capabilities: [44] AGP version 1.0
> Kernel driver in use: rivafb
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> On a whim I dropped in a low end VESA PCI card and 2.6.26 boots right
> up. Put the Nvidia Riva back in, and the hang returns. And people
> wonder why I have ulcers. :)
>
> D. C. Busboom
What made you suspect the video card?
The 2.6.28 kernel that you are running is vanilla or from unstable?
Adrian
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