Re: Cannot start X -- launches frozen & crashes all VT's
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 09:30:29 -0700, John Magolske wrote:
> Still can't get this to work...very perplexing. X launches in a
> frozen state, crashing any VT that may be open. Any suggestions
> regarding what to look for? (More info appended below)
>
> * John Magolske [091024 16:26]:
[...]
> > I'm running Debian unstable.
>
> Went ahead and re-installed w/ aptitude this:
>
> xserver-xorg-video-intel
> xserver-xorg
> xserver-xorg-core
>
> But still no luck.
>
>
> % uname -a
> Linux ... 2.6.28-grml #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon May 4 07:40:22 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
What I write below assumes a standard Debian system (stock kernel and
intel driver packages); I have no idea if it is of any use for a
grml-derived installation.
> % lspci -nn | grep VGA
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
I have the exact same card. The only combination that works for me at
the moment is using linux 2.6.30-1-686 with xserver-xorg-video-intel
2:2.8.1-1. If I upgrade either the kernel or video-intel to the
respective current version of Sid then I get a system that locks up
within 5-15 minutes. If I upgrade both these packages then I get an
instantaneous lock-up when X is started. From what I have seen on this
list, older kernels are also known to cause problems with Sid's current
Xorg driver.
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Regards, |
Florian |
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