From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763611AbYEUFeX (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 01:34:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753815AbYEUFeN (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 01:34:13 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:54700 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753800AbYEUFeN (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 01:34:13 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 22:34:10 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: "Justin Mattock" Cc: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" Subject: Re: completely lost as to what to do, or where to look. Message-Id: <20080520223410.9a8f200d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 21 May 2008 04:10:16 +0000 "Justin Mattock" 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.