On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 10:21:39PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 15:25:33 +0000 > "Richard Burton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >This could be changes to video drivers in the kernel. Please describe > > >your graphics card used. > > > > Oops, I did intened to mention that. It's an Nvidia GeForce 6600GT > > 128MB (generic unbranded reference board). > > Nvidia. Ok (or "ok" is perhaps an exageration: problems with this > specific hardware vendor is not really a surprise to me...) > > > > >Please try the following: > > >1) add "ramdisk = /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird" to /etc/kernel-img.conf > > >2) make a backup of the initrd for your older working kernel > > >3) Run "dpkg-reconfigure <old kernel package>" > > >4) Reboot with older kernel > > > > Now older kernel hits same problem. So I guess this is yaird problem > > then? > > > > >You can also try installing initramfs-tools, uninstalling yaird, run > > >"dpkg-reconfigure <new kernel package>" and reboot with new kernel. > > > > Also has no video on boot. > > You did remember to uninstall yaird before regenerating the ramdisk? > > Then it sounds like the nvidia driver being buggy then - not a yaird > bug if also appearing with initramfs-tools.
Notice that the nvidiafb driver seems to be broken on powerpc too, one more reason to never buy nvidia based laptops :) Anyway, just to notice that anything involving vga=... command line options doesn't involve nvidiafb but vesafb/vgafb, and we did some changes to that recently i think. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
