xyzzy(a)hotpop.com wrote:
On Friday 04 June 2004 01:37, Jim Cornette wrote:
>xyzzy(a)hotpop.com wrote:
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>>Modifying the GRUB bootup line to get rid of "rhgb" and substituting
>>"3" (don't know if this is necessary?), gives me a (real fast!)
text
>>bootup. Logging into a regular user and then typing startx -- -nolisten
>>tcp pops me into X/KDE no problem; but ONLY if the "load dri" is
>>commented out. If it is present, then it locks up just like the
>>graphical boot.
>>
>>I am going to try the .411 kernel from testing/arjan tonight and see if
>>this fixes anything... Something weird with how the X server is called
>>from the boot sequence?
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>The 411 version kernel might not work at all for GUI. There is supposed
>to be a later version out, with the correction of the introduced bug. I
>believe the next kernel number is 419.
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Oh boy, it sure didn't... much much worse... can't get into X at all now... X
server bails.
The kernel I see in arjan is now 414... Does this have a fix?
>Jim
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>>>http://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=707 is the bug report I
>>>have added to it. Add more useful data to it if you have it. I would
>>>love to see this fixed.
>>>
>>>
I believe the fix was in the next version. I think that I pulled from
memory the wrong rev number (419). 414 is probably correct.
If you want to check the fedora-test-list archives, it was a recent
discussion. It should be easy to find the discussion, even without a search.
Jim
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