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Grazz256

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Registered: 2009-06-28

Posts: 69

kernel26-2.6.32.2-2 woes

Upgrading to kernel26-2.6.32.2-2 killed KMS and xorg on my laptop (Dell 710m, Intel 855GM graphics)

Booting with KMS enabled and the screen blanks during initial boot (presumably when KMS kicks in...)
Booting without KMS enabled and the screen blanks while loading slim

It does appear as tho the system is still loading as the HD is still spinning away, I can even log in blind and hear my WM loading, but the screen stays blank.

My temporary solution was to manually downgrade packages until I found the offender (which was kernel26-2.6.32.2-2).

archph

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From: Manila, Philippines

Registered: 2009-12-30

Posts: 5

Re: kernel26-2.6.32.2-2 woes

Is this post similar to your problem:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=86357

Grazz256

Member

Registered: 2009-06-28

Posts: 69

Re: kernel26-2.6.32.2-2 woes

That does seem to be the same problem, funny thing is I read that last night and it didn't seem the same guess I should have gone to bed!