Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 21 Sep 2002 13:59:39 -0500 | Subject | Re: 2.5.37 won't run X? | From | (Florin Iucha) |
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On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 09:25:18AM -0700, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > >> > X won't start on 2.5.37, but works with 2.5.36 > >> > The screen goes black as usual, but then nothing else happens. > >> > ssh'ing in from another machine shows XFree86 using 50% cpu, > >> > i.e. one of the two cpu's in this machine. > >> > >> Looks like Linus fixed this already in his BK tree ... want > >> to grab that and see if it fixes your problem? > > > > What changeset do you think fixed this? > > Well, this bit looked hopeful: > > 23 hours torvalds 1.575 Fix vm86 system call interface to entry.S. > This has been broken since the thread_info support went in (early July), > and can cause lockups at X startup etc.
X is not locked up, as it eats all the CPU. And 2.5.36 works just fine.
florin
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