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Sounds like a kernel crash. Do you see anything in /var/log/messages or |
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/var/log/kernel? |
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On 08/04/2010 02:27 PM, Levon Ghazaryan wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> on 2.6.34-r1, ThinkPad T410 with Intel Arrandale with a custom kernel |
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> the laptop freezes on startx or X -retro -config /root/xorg.conf.new (with |
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> a fresh created xorg.conf.new with Xorg -config). |
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> as this happens I'm not able to switch the tty, the laptop doesn't respond |
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> to ping and caps lock is constantly blinking. |
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> there is no error in /var/log/Xorg.0.log and Xorg -config exits without |
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> complaining about anything. |
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> I followed the guide at: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml#using_startx |
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> so I completed all steps mentioned there. |
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> at this point I have no idea how to debug, get information what is |
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> going an, or what causes the problem - there are no error messages |
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> and no log left. the only thing I see is a black screen, a blinking cursor |
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> at the top left corner for a moment and a completely black screen after wards |
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> and laptop the responds to nothing as a result. the only way that i could |
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> get out of this was to hard-reboot using the power button. |
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> please post here if you have any ideas what this could be or |
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> how can it be figured out what causes the crash. |
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> at some point i tried: |
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> emerge -e xorg-server |
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> but this changed nothing and startx crashes again in the same way. |
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> thanks in advance, |
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> ~levon |
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