Hi Jonathan,
Hi Mike,
Mike Hore wrote:
It was simpler than I thought -- I've got those files for you now, so I'll
attach the zipped archive.
Nice. From inittab:
co:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty hvc0 9600 linux
From the installer log:
finish-install: Setting up virtualized serial console on /dev/hvc0
finish-install: adding console to /etc/inittab
That is bug #636040 (finish-install: hvc0 console added to inittab
even when not available), which seems to be mostly harmless. It
should be safe to remove the "co:" line to remove the message about
spawning getty there.
Are you suggesting I do that? Sorry, I have a software development
background but not on Linux, so I don't know where that line is to
remove it.
From syslog:
gdm3[1777]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.038594 seconds
gdm3[1777]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.039019 seconds
gdm3[1777]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.038234 seconds
[...]
That is probably gdm or the X server coping poorly with the radeon driver
failing to load. Please add "1" or "single" (as a separate word, no
quotes) to the kernel command line at bootup so we can see if a
non-graphical bootup works.
OK, same problem. Where and what is that "kernel command line" so I can
add to it?
If it works, then it is probably worth
trying to log in on the console and running "modprobe radeon" and then
sending logs (/var/log/dmesg) and a photograph of the artifacts.
Yes, I can do that if I get that far.
netconsole[1] or a serial console[2] could help to recover messages if
they aren't getting logged properly before rebooting.
[1] http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
[2] http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/serial-console.txt
.
Thanks -- if you can point me in the right direction I'll try your
suggestions.
Cheers, Mike.
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