From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: Funky "Blue screen" issue while rebooting from X with 2.6.18-git21 Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 19:47:59 +0200 Message-ID: <20061008174759.GF6755@stusta.de> References: <9a8748490610041316w3ad442a6rf8f5fc5189fd72ac@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9a8748490610041316w3ad442a6rf8f5fc5189fd72ac@mail.gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-pm-bounces@lists.osdl.org Errors-To: linux-pm-bounces@lists.osdl.org To: Jesper Juhl , pavel@suse.cz Cc: linux-pm@osdl.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 10:16:41PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: > I have a strange "problem" with 2.6.18-git21 that I've never had with > any previous kernel. If I open up an xterm in X, su to root and > 'reboot' (or 'shutdown -r now') I instantly get a blue screen that > persists until the box actually reboots. Pavel, is this a known issue or should Jesper bisect? > With previous kernels (all that I can remember, latest tested being > 2.6.18-git15 (then I jumped from -git15 to -git21)) what happened was > that X would die and I would be returned to text mode so that I could > actually see all the shutdown messages from my init scripts (which is > very nice). > = > I don't really know what info would be relevant to provide regarding > this issue, so please ask for any info you need. > = > I can start testing kernels between 2.6.18-git15 and 2.6.18-git21 > and/or doing git bisects if anyone thinks it will be useful. If you > want that, please speak up, since I would rather not build and > test-boot a lot of kernels for no reason if nobody wants the info. But > if it will be useful I'll be happy to do it. > = > Anyway, there's a bug somewhere, let's squash it ;-) cu Adrian -- = "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed