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yellowantphil

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From: Oklahoma

Registered: 2012-07-07

Posts: 8

Video crashes when starting X with kernel > 3.0.71

I'm using linux-lts for my kernel and xf86-video-intel for video. Everything works fine with kernel 3.0.71, but if I use 3.0.72 or 3.0.73, X crashes when I try to start it. X starts up and I can move the mouse, but it crashes and the screen goes blank after a few seconds. Then I have to reboot my computer to get video to work again. All installed packages are updated to the latest versions except for the kernel. I tried downgrading xf86-video-intel, but it didn't help.

Here is the most recent entry in Xorg.0.log when I tried to start X using kernel 3.0.73:

[    63.652] (WW) xf86CloseConsole: KDSETMODE failed: Input/output error
[    63.652] (WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_GETMODE failed: Input/output error
[    63.652]
Fatal server error:
[    63.652] xf86CloseConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed: Input/output error
[    63.652]
[    63.652] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
         at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
[    63.652] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    63.652] (EE)
[    63.652] (EE)
[    63.652] (EE) Backtrace:
[    63.652] (EE) 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x49) [0x81e51b9]
[    63.652] (EE) 1: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x1a10b6) [0x81e90b6]
[    63.652] (EE) 2: linux-gate.so.1 (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb776140c]
[    63.652] (EE) 3: ?? [0xb906134]
[    63.652] (EE)
[    63.652] (EE) Illegal instruction at address 0xb906134
[    63.652]
FatalError re-entered, aborting
[    63.652] Caught signal 4 (Illegal instruction). Server aborting
[    63.652]

Any ideas for what I can check, to figure out why I can't use X with newer kernels?

hadrons123

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From: chennai

Registered: 2011-10-07

Posts: 1,249

Re: Video crashes when starting X with kernel > 3.0.71

hardware failure, I guess!