----- Original Message ----- From: "Paolo Pantaleo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Problems booting kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7 Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:45:45 +0200
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Paolo Pantaleo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 8-set-2005 19.45 > Subject: Re: Problems booting kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7 > To: Alessandro Di Rubbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 2005/9/8, Alessandro Di Rubbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > If I boot the system using kernel 2.6, after the message about > > starting gdm (GNOME Display Manager), a messy image appears, > > similar to my desktop background: except for the mouse, > > everything is blocked. To go on I have to reset: mysteriously, > > after the reboot I can use kernel 2.6 (sometimes I have to repeat > > this procedure many times). > > Reset = press the reset button, right? Right, ther's no other way. I can turn off because the on/off button doesn't work. > and what if you turn off and on? If I shut down after a 2.6 session and then I turn on my pc again, the problem is still there. > > > Kernel 2.4, instead, works fine. Furthermore, it seems that, if I > > exit (halt or reboot) from a 2.4 session, kernel 2.6 works at the > > first attempt. > > > > I installed the kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7 package after the > > installation of Debian 3.1 "sarge" with kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386. > > > > I use an AMD Athlon XP 1800+ CPU and an ATI Radeon 7000 graphic > > card on an ASUS A7V880 motherboard (VIA KT880/VT8237 chipset). > > > > Could anybody help me? > > > > > > Alessandro Di Rubbo -- _______________________________________________ Graffiti.net free e-mail @ www.graffiti.net Check out our value-added Premium features, such as a 1 GB mailbox for just US$9.95 per year! Powered By Outblaze