From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935508AbYEUOek (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 10:34:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S934755AbYEUOeA (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 10:34:00 -0400 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.242]:57936 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934485AbYEUOd7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 10:33:59 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=lRlmVftDjB+liZ/6KvGYrMgx77FM5yQmYKTnHxomYxb3yMw6j7HTiADpQC+hamu/9O+C4wgUge/xD13Co5tTmJl52m4Ms0bPCmHNhpNFb8e4QV6BizMCC8nHX7zYXQbfVz3bL8Oe3pbbzbcxTBqoqykJ9f211uJWuggnV9wnWeM= Message-ID: Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 14:33:57 +0000 From: "Justin Mattock" To: "Adrian Bunk" Subject: Re: completely lost as to what to do, or where to look. Cc: "Andrew Morton" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" In-Reply-To: <20080521075917.GB18352@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080520223410.9a8f200d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080521075917.GB18352@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 06:51:24AM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote: >> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 5:34 AM, Andrew Morton >> wrote: >> > 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. >> > >> >> Thanks for the help, From what I can remember I noticed this around >> 2.6.26-rc1. It could be an issue with DRI, but then again it could be >> something else. With running some more tests I'm noticing a conflict >> with libdri.so, not recognizing the module or the module not >> recognizing libdri.so. >>... > > Which X video driver are you using? > > What exactly is the error message? > >> regards; >> Justin P. Mattock > > cu > Adrian > > -- > > "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out > of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. > "Only a promise," Lao Er said. > Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed > > Hello; thanks for the feedback, from previous posts, you know what module I'm talking about, So with that in mind I'm going to go to the next question: From error messages "there isn't" the only leeway or light at the end of the tunnel I see is with libdri.so i.g. If I boot the system up with out messing with anything I will receive a black screen after issueing startx, (from looking at what I see, the screen will flash one time then black, it should flash or blink two times before giving me my lovely picture(wallpaper) then if I remove libdri.so everything starts up as usual so with that in mind since I received a post about DRI being all F*&^ked up then maybee that is the culprit, I think All I really need right now is info on the xserver and the kernel. What mechanisms are used or files that are responsible for the two too coexist. regards; -- Justin P. Mattock