Well... with all the talk about 2.4.21 on the net and this mail list... I
grabbed a copy and started fooling around.
BOY, did I get some odd mixed results...
Framebuffer support in this ga release is very good. I'm able to capture video
with my wingo and ctl-atl-fnc-X to a terminal and not crash the system. In
2.4.20 or any of the recent 2.4.21-rc versions... if I load a kernel with
framebuffer support in it, once I start X, I can never switch back to a
terminal or leave X without totally locking up my computer.
Other odd thing with 2.4.21, acpi or apm both fail to modprobe horribly... I'm
not able to cleanly shutdown-h without either power manager loaded. Both
compile cleanly... either as a dedicated service or with both services in one
kernel. Without a PM loaded... it's not good to turn off the computyer when I'm
done.
So, for now, I'm going back to the better debugged 2.4.20 kernel. No hassles
there except for the framebuffer problem mentioned above.
I'd be willing to bet that 2.4.22 will be out in less time than 2.4.21 took...
Any takers?
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