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

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Message-ID: <20080521075917.GB18352@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Wed, 21 May 2008 10:59:17 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Justin Mattock <justinmattock@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	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 06:51:24AM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
> 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.
>...

Which X video driver are you using?

What exactly is the error message?

> regards;
> Justin P. Mattock

cu
Adrian

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