Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 8 Oct 2006 19:47:59 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: Funky "Blue screen" issue while rebooting from X with 2.6.18-git21 |
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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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