Bug#454304: xserver-xorg: X doesn't start anymore after upgrade to Lenny on Toshiba S1800
Bert Verbeek wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.2-5
> Severity: important
>
>
> I'm trying to upgrade a Debian stable installation on an older
> Toshiba S1800 laptop. An upgrade to testing succeeded, however X will
> not start anymore and hangs the laptop. Ctrl-Alt-Del, Ctrl-Alt-BkSp,
> Ctrl-Alt-F1, and ssh from an other PC don't work so I can not check
> the log files. It gives a black screen.
>
> What I tried:
>
> I started with a standard stable installation and added manually
> a 2.6.22 kernel and headers from testing to add the rt2x00 wireless
> stuff. I compiled the rt2x00 modules successfully with m-a. I can still
> use this installation from an other hd partition.
>
> Now my wireless Lan was working, I could update to Lenny, kernels
> 2.6.22-2 and 2.6.22-3. The upgrade itself was no problem but X stopped
> working. The vga server starts, but gives an unusable screen. The trident
> and vesa servers both lock up the system, as stated above. X -probeonly
> locks the system as well. I don't know where the problem actually is but
> I think in the X server itself, as the kernel and the trident driver are
> the same in a working stable and failing testing installation.
>
> I'm out of options now, reading the net didn't help me either, so any
> help with this problem would be welcome.
>
Does downgrading *only* xserver-xorg-core to stable (from 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12
to 2:1.1.1-21) fix the problem? For both vesa and trident drivers?
Brice
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