Re: 2.6.21-rc5-mm4

["J.A. Magallón" <jamagallon@ono.com>]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2007 15:51:35 -0700, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 00:40:05 +0200
> "J.A. Magall__n" <jamagallon@ono.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 22:47:45 -0700, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.21-rc5/2.6.21-rc5-mm4/
> > > 
> > > - The oops in git-net.patch has been fixed, so that tree has been restored. 
> > >   It is huge.
> > > 
> > > - Added the device-mapper development tree to the -mm lineup (Alasdair
> > >   Kergon).  It is a quilt tree, living at
> > >   ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/agk/patches/2.6/editing/.
> > > 
> > > - Added davidel's signalfd stuff.
> > > 
> > 
> > Something strange happens to me with this kernel.
> > Gnome Screensaver hangs the box. Locked solid, no atl-sysrq-raw,
> > no ssh. Nada.
> > Do not know if it's itself, or something in X dpms.
> > 
> > Somebody else ?
> > 
> 
> Do you know what the particualr screensaver is trying to do?  Does it do
> whizzy 3d graphics, or does it just blank the screen, or...  ?

Just the 'Floating Feet', I love it ;).... (just 2D, not linked to any
libGL...).
Anyways, I have just remembered I use the (in)famous nVidia driver.
Will try to reproduce without it. This was more like a probe to see if
somebody else is suffering it...

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