>Matt Morrison wrote:
> >
> > I have discovered an interesting problem with 2.4.0 and X, and I'm not
>sure
> > what's going on. I've been running XFree86-4.0.1-28mdk and related
>packages
> > for a while, with no major problems (aside from random segfaults from
>time
> > to time, but that's another story entirely). I've also had kernel 2.2.18
>(my
> > own build, not a package) running since it was released in December. I
> > finally managed to build kernel 2.4.0 (with and without reiserfs patch,
>and
> > without any -ac patches). I can boot and work from the command line just
> > find, SVGATextMode works fine, ncurses apps work fine, and everything
>seems
> > to be normal. However, when I attempt to run X, the screen blanks out,
>and
> > nothing more can be done. Ctrl-Alt-Bksp to kill the X server doesn't
>work,
> > Ctrl-Alt-F[1-12] doesn't work for switching virtual desktops, nothing. I
>can
> > ssh from another box and manually kill all the offending processes, but
>the
> > screen doesn't return, and I have to run the shutdown command remotely
>to
> > get control of the console once more. When I run 'ps ax' it shows 'X :0'
>as
> > running (R) for an extended period, but nothing happens. Has anybody had
> > problems similar to this? I'm downloading the precompiled binaries for
> > glibc-22 from xfree86.org right now, to see if that fixes the problem.
> >
> > Matt Morrison
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>I bet your problems are with the Frame Buffer. I have had problems
>running
>a FB console and starting X. Don't use a FB dev if you need to use X,
>unless
>know it will work. Some cards work others will not. check you boot
>manager
>and make sure that you are not using a FB. YMMV.
>
>Richard
>
I removed the FB module from the kernel, and played around so the config was
as much like 2.2.18 as possible. I also got the linux-glibc-2.2
XFree86-4.0.2 packages directly from xfree86.org and installed them, and it
seems to be working now. X is running slightly slower than usual, and I'm
still trying to pin it down, but upgrading seems to work. I'll try
installing the 4.0.2 RPMs at some point, but for the moment it's hanging
together.
Matt
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