Just needed some help, in case somebody can guide me. I had a fully functional SXDE running in a multiboot laptop. This laptop has an Intel High Definition Audio, for which there is support only in OSS ver 4 and beyond. I did a pkgadd of the binary from opensound currently marked as stable, and did an osstest immediately after installation. I did get sound from the speakers. I was quite happy with the output in terms of quality.
I rebooted the system (as recommended), and Lo ! I started getting error messages on the re-boot. Scrolled past too fast to appreciate the details. It went on to the gdm bootup process and I got the log-in screen. I have only two users on the box, self and root, and I cannot log-in as either. After entering authentications details it recurses back to the login screen. Unlike linux, I cannot go to a console with Ctrl-Alt-Fn, and investigate. Stuck ! I cannot do a normal shutdown, only power down ! I could boot into the "failsafe" option, but then, that leads me to a root prompt, with the full system mounted at /a. I cannot replicate the error which is causing the boot failure. Probably this is some kind of IRQ conflict (I cannot imagine anything else which can go wrong after OSS install). How do I proceed from here ? Bish
