Re: X hangs with blank screen on 2.6.32-rc4 / Intel 915GM

From: Jonathan McDowell
Date: Sat Oct 17 2009 - 12:11:02 EST


On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 05:53:19PM -0700, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> Trying 2.6.32-rc4 on my Toshiba R200 laptop running Debian Squeeze
> leads to a blank screen with a flashing cursor in the top left when X
> starts. If startup in such a way that X isn't automatically started
> the console is fine, but starting X manually still leads to the hang.
> The machine seems unresponsive at this point - I can't switch to a
> normal console and the laptop fan comes on in a manner that suggests
> the CPU is chugging away.
>
> 2.6.31.4 works fine.

And 2.6.32-rc5 works again, so this is no longer an issue as far as
I'm concerned.

J.

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