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#1 2012-07-25 02:08:02

shep
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Registered: 2009-08-04
Posts: 33

Upgrade 24July2012 locked system when starting xorg/openchrome

I am trying to salvage my laptop install.  I had upgraded last week with the July 14, 2012 change in the symlink to /lib.
An upgrade today which included an update to xf86-video-unichrome and a new kernel went smoothly but on reboot syslinux gives the usual boot messages, including that Longhaul APIC does not work on my Via C7-D processor.  I get to a terminal login prompt which previously briefly displays before starting xdm. When the login prompt disappears there is now no xdm just a blank display.  I am unable to <ctl>-<alt>-<f3> to a terminal.

I can boot to run level 3 when I attempt login the ntp daemon echos the time offset and then I can log in.  Startx also locks the system so I am guessing that xorg broke.

For now this is a heads up.  I will try to update over the next few days

Edit: Added Info

I reviewed Xorg.0.log and did not see any gross errors.  It looks like this has been a recent problem; from the bug tracker at OpenChrome:

#435     system freeze when X starts     initialization     0.2.906         defect     somebody     new     10/06/12

Although that was the prior version. My presently installed version is xf86-video-openchrome-0.3.0-1.

I'll try to roll the update back and if that is the problem try to file a bug report.

Last edited by shep (2012-07-26 01:28:04)

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#2 2012-07-26 20:48:57

shep
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Registered: 2009-08-04
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Re: Upgrade 24July2012 locked system when starting xorg/openchrome

Roll Back to xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.906-1-i686 restores the system.  A bug report  (FS#30868) was filed and an email sent to the maintainer.

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