According to dmesg, my kernel is Linux version 2.6.26-2-686 (Debian 2.6.26-26lenny3) (da...@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080704 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-25)) #1 SMP Sat Jun 11 14:54:10 UTC 2011
Below are the versions of a number of X packages in use on my computer. xserver-xorg 1:7.3+20 xserver-xorg-core 2:1.4.2-10.lenny3 xserver-xorg-video-all 1:7.3+20 xserver-xorg-video-vga 1:4.1.0-8 If you need more information please let me know. At 6AM this morning I forgot to CC the following message to this bugreport. ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: Bug#641188: /usr/lib/libvga.so.1: Philips 192E LCD Monitor does not switch back to textmode console mode From: "Jeroen N. Witmond [Bahco]" <j...@xs4all.nl> Date: Tue, September 13, 2011 06:13 To: "Guillem Jover" <guil...@debian.org> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, September 13, 2011 05:52, "Guillem Jover" <guil...@debian.org> wrote: > It also depends on what drivers are you using on the kernel and X > sides, for example if you are using a framebuffer kernel module and > the fbdev X driver then that'd be (most probably) a kernel issue, if > you are using the X VESA drivers that'd be an X issue. > > In general it would help if you included the kernel and X versions, > and which graphics drivers you are currently using. But then you are > using oldstable, and if the bug is not really serious then it will not > be fixed there, I think you'd be better off upgrading to the current > stable which should have better hardware support. > On Sun, 2011-09-11 at 12:38:16 +0200, Jeroen N. Witmond [Bahco] wrote: >> This is a problem as I require a textmode virtual console to safely >> upgrade from lenny to squeeze. I cannot find a telinit runlevel that >> starts my computer without starting X-Windows. I doubt that I can >> perform this upgrade after booting Debian into single user mode. Until this bug is fixed or bypassed I'm running a completely up-to-date oldstable with the latest kernel and X server from that release. AFAIK this does not include fbdev. How do I find out what graphicss driver I'm using? Jeroen. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
