linux-kernel - Re: completely lost as to what to do, or where to look.

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Message-ID: <dd18b0c30805202351h133147adg5bb526e3f74e3bd6@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 21 May 2008 06:51:24 +0000
From:	"Justin Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: completely lost as to what to do, or where to look.

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 5:34 AM, Andrew Morton
<akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 May 2008 04:10:16 +0000 "Justin Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello; I'm lost as to where to look in the kernel, as to why I'm
>> receiving a black screen with startx
>> DRI seems to be fine, I'm noticing a sema_init but am not sure if this
>> is the cause of the blackness.
>> any direction as to where I might look would be helpful.
>
> Kernel version?
>
> A git-bisect should get you down the the offending commit within an
> hour or three.  http://www.kernel.org/doc/local/git-quick.html has some
> instructions.
>
> But if you're on 2.6.26-rcX, be sure to use the very latest - a pile of
> bad DRI code got reverted recently.  This morning, I think.
>

Thanks for the help, From what I can remember I noticed this around
2.6.26-rc1. It could be an issue with DRI, but then again it could be
something else. With running some more tests I'm noticing  a conflict
with libdri.so, not recognizing the module or the module not
recognizing libdri.so.  As for the latest git I'll have to pull, and
see if it makes  a difference.  If not then I'll have to sit and keep
working this problem until I can figure what is happening  "even if my
eye ball's fall out of my sockets", and I walk around feeling like
I've had brain surgery".
regards;
-- 
Justin P. Mattock
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