The last working kernel is 2.6.32-35.
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> To: Brent S. Elmer <webe...@aim.com>; 631997 <631...@bugs.debian.org> Sent: Tue, Jun 28, 2011 10:35 pm Subject: Re: Bug#631997: linux-image-2.6.39-2-486: black screen after grub menu On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 21:40 -0400, Brent S. Elmer wrote: > Package: linux-2.6 > Version: 2.6.39-2 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > My computer never boots with 2.6.39-2-486 or 2.6.38. Currently I am running a > custom built 2.6.30 kernel. Please could yo test some of the earlier versions from <http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux-2.6/> to find which was the last working version? > When I boot with 2.6.39 or 2.6.38 the screen goes > black after I select the kernel in grub. Nothing ever comes up. cntl-alt-f1 > does nothing. This happens whether I have modeset=1 or 0. I have a radeon > graphics card. [...] What if you select the 'recovery mode' menu item? Do you see any messages from the kernel? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.