On 14 Jul 2010, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 08:58 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:39:29 -0400 (EDT), Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > > After some more experimenting, I've found that it also happens even > > > without X! So I don't think the problem is with xorg. I'm now using an > > > installed version of stable and that has no crashes, so it seems to be > > > something about how the latest kernel interacts with my system. There > > > are no other linux-images around to try so perhaps I shall have to > > > compile a kernel myself. > > > > I'm no expert, but this sounds like a KMS issue to me. You might try > > http://snapshot.debian.org to recover an older stock kernel package, > > such as linux-image-2.6.32-3-686. > > ... or just disable KMS (and yes it sounds like a KMS issue). You can > find details on [1]. > > Good luck > > Wolodja > > [1] http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting#Disabling > -- > .''`. Wolodja Wentland <wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de> > : :' : > `. `'` 4096R/CAF14EFC > `- 081C B7CD FF04 2BA9 94EA 36B2 8B7F 7D30 CAF1 4EFC
Thanks to Stephen and Wolodja for the suggestions, which I will follow up. The snapshots site is what I was looking for and I'll check on KMS as well. Meanwhile, I compiled a kernel myself and that runs without problems. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100714163152.ga3...@ithaca.acampbell.org.uk
