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SubjectRe: Funky "Blue screen" issue while rebooting from X with 2.6.18-git21
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 10:16:41PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> I have a strange "problem" with 2.6.18-git21 that I've never had with
> any previous kernel. If I open up an xterm in X, su to root and
> 'reboot' (or 'shutdown -r now') I instantly get a blue screen that
> persists until the box actually reboots.

Pavel, is this a known issue or should Jesper bisect?

> With previous kernels (all that I can remember, latest tested being
> 2.6.18-git15 (then I jumped from -git15 to -git21)) what happened was
> that X would die and I would be returned to text mode so that I could
> actually see all the shutdown messages from my init scripts (which is
> very nice).
>
> I don't really know what info would be relevant to provide regarding
> this issue, so please ask for any info you need.
>
> I can start testing kernels between 2.6.18-git15 and 2.6.18-git21
> and/or doing git bisects if anyone thinks it will be useful. If you
> want that, please speak up, since I would rather not build and
> test-boot a lot of kernels for no reason if nobody wants the info. But
> if it will be useful I'll be happy to do it.
>
> Anyway, there's a bug somewhere, let's squash it ;-)

cu
Adrian

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