linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.21-rc1 and 2.6.21-rc2 kwin dies silently

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Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:43:11 +0000
From:	Sid Boyce <g3vbv@...eyonder.co.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	auxsvr@...il.com, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.21-rc1 and 2.6.21-rc2 kwin dies silently

Sid Boyce wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
>> (cc restored.  Please always do reply-to-all)
>>
>>  
>>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:05:13 +0200 auxsvr@...il.com wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 28 February 2007 17:19, Sid Boyce wrote:
>>>    
>>>> openSUSE 10.3 Alpha and KDE-3.5.6, xorg-x11-7.2. KDE is setup not to
>>>> require a password to unlock, but it asks for password. When the screen
>>>> unlocks, kwin is gone with no errors logged in /var/log/kdm or
>>>> /var/log/messages. No problems with 2.6.20.
>>>>
>>>> Same problem on openSUSE 10.2 x86_64, KDE-3.5.5 and 2.6.21-rc2.
>>>> Regards
>>>> Sid.
>>>>       
>>> This is the linux kernel mailing list. Perhaps you should post your 
>>> problem to the opensuse mailing list.
>>>     
>>
>> 2.6.20 worked.
>>
>> 2.6.20-rc2 did not.
>>
>> Working theory: the kernel broke.
>>
>> Sid, the chances that anyone can work out what caused this are pretty 
>> low. It would be great if you could perform a git bisection search 
>> sometime in
>> the next few weeks, work out which commit caused this.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>>   
> I shall go back to 2.6.20-git3 and work forward. Up to 2.6.20-git2 was OK.
> Regards
> Sid.
> 

I tracked the problem down to 2.6.20-git11. Up to 2.6.20-git10 is OK, 
but from 2.6.20-git11 up to current 2.6.21-rc4-git2 all exhibit the problem.
Regards
Sid.
-- 
Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot
Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support 
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