linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Tree for August 13

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Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:42:10 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for August 13

Hi Takashi,

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:05:01 +0200 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de> wrote:
>
> I got a problem regarding tty with today's tree.
> When re-starting X, it complains that it cannot change to VT7.
> Via strace, 
> 
>   open("/dev/tty0", O_WRONLY)             = 7
>   ioctl(7, VIDIOC_QUERYCAP or VT_OPENQRY, 0x81e80c4) = 0
>   close(7)                                = 0
>   write(0, "(--) using VT number 7\n\n", 24) = 24
>   getppid()                               = 3240
>   getpgid(0xca8)                          = 3240
>   setpgid(0, 3240)                        = 0
>   setsid()                                = 3241
>   open("/dev/vc/7", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
>   open("/dev/tty7", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)    = -1 EIO (Input/output error)
>   write(2, "\nFatal server error:\n", 21) = 21
> 
> A similar error can be seen at shutdown, complains about the tty error
> and the halt process hangs up.
> 
> Unfortunately it's hard to bisect since Aug 11 and Aug 12 trees don't
> boot, and Aug 8 tree has a problem regarding cred...

But does -rc3 work?  If so, then could you bisect from there to
next-20080813?

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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