https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29222 Summary: X cannot start up, screen flickers in console mode Product: Drivers Version: 2.5 Kernel Version: 2.6.38-rc5 Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Tree: Mainline Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: Video(DRI - non Intel) AssignedTo: drivers_video-dri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ReportedBy: johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Regression: Yes This is a regression from 2.6.37 that has been there throughout the RCs -- on my macbook 5,1 the X server now refuses to start up and the screen just flickers in console mode. I can press ctrl-alt-del to reboot. The device is 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400M] (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Apple Computer Inc. Device 00aa Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 256 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 23 Region 0: Memory at 92000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Region 1: Memory at 80000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Region 3: Memory at 90000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] Region 5: I/O ports at 1000 [size=128] Expansion ROM at 93000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Kernel driver in use: nouveau -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching the assignee of the bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel