On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Moritz Muehlenhoff <j...@inutil.org> wrote: >> To reiterate, the problem is that with the bad combination of kernel >> and X video driver, after X starts, I get a totally black screen and >> an unresponsive keyboard. The computer is not altogether dead; >> pressing the power button makes it shut down in an orderly manner. > > Does this error still occur with more recent kernel/X.org versions?
The computer in question is semi-retired and I don't have it with me right now, so I don't know for sure. However, I would bet that the answer is yes, but only if one forces the X.org video driver into a non-default mode. You might want to read over the further investigation that happened in bug 437321. zw -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
