I have narrow the problems down to i845 (intel graphics chip) and drm bugs in the kernel. note I say the kernel and not X drivers. This is because the same X driver works well with a 2.6.8 kernel and 2.6.9, but it locks sporadically with 2.6.10 and 2.6.11-rc3!! I don't know what the problem is exactly. I have followed the recommendations that I have found so far by Googling a lot about the only errors i get to see during boot. The main recommendation is to increase the VRAM allowed in the BIOS to 8mb (which I have done). After that the system keeps locking up anyway when X starts. And you can't get to see any messages on the screen.
If i boot with no X, in dmesg there are interesting errors about DRM and how agpgart detected 8mb of memory "stolen". Go figure. I'll try to file bugs as soon as I understand better what the problem actually is (X problem, driver problem, kernel module problem or the kernel itself...) On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:17:42 -0500, Andres Salomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 19:59:02 -0500, Luis M wrote: > > > For the record, 2.6.10 is a lemon. It has serious problems with > > intel-agp driver. If you have a computer that uses such driver for agp > > (a lot of us do) all you have to do is leave the computer running for > > a number of days and you will know what i mean. > > If you look at the changelog for 2.6.11 you will see what the root of > > the problem lies. Please do not use 2.6.10. Wait for 2.6.11 or use > > 2.6.9, which is probably the best so far. (Xandros 3 is using 2.6.9 > > and so do other distros). (And yes I know Xandros is debian-based). > > > > > > I don't see a bug report at all for this, for 2.6.10. Please report > bugs. We can backport driver fixes like this pretty easily. 2.6.11 > will most likely introduce lots of instability; that's how the new kernel > dev model works. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ----)(----- Luis M System Administrator Kiskeyix.org "We think basically you watch television to turn your brain off, and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on" -- Steve Jobs in an interview for MacWorld Magazine 2004-Feb No .doc: http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.es.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
