>>>> Package: linux-2.6 >>>> Version: 2.6.32-5 >>>> Severity: grave >>>> Justification: renders package unusable >>>> >>>> None of the linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 packages, since they >>>> reached unstable, ever booted successfully on my laptop. X system >>>> darkens the screen and hangs the computer completely (i.e. cannot even >>>> switch to the console via Ctrl-Alt-F1), as soon as the booting process >>>> reaches KDM; Alt-SysRq-B works though. >>>> >>>> >>> [...] >>> >>> Does this machine have 4 GB RAM (or more)? If you add 'mem=3500M' to >>> the kernel command line, does this avoid the problem? >>> >> You are twice correct, Ben. 4 Gb, and mem=3500M fixes the problem. >> As this seems a known issue can you please refer me to the original >> problem (and maybe close this as duplicate, if no other bug-related >> data is needed from me)? >> > > This appears to be the same as bug #558237, which will be fixed in the > next upload. We don't close duplicates but merge them instead. >From the first glance, that bug fits my symptomps. Thanks for your rapid help, Ben.
Alex
