Hi, since I switched from 2.6.31.8 to 2.6.32.2 loading the viafb module turns the screen to black, there is no graphic output on the screen anymore. Kernel version: Linux version 2.6.32.2 Kernel .config is attached. The bug didn't appear in the 2.6.31 series. Output of ver_linux: Linux Aldoreel 2.6.32.2 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Dec 19 17:14:29 CET 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Gnu C 4.4.2 Gnu make 3.81 binutils 2.20 util-linux 2.16.2 mount support module-init-tools 3.11 e2fsprogs 1.41.9 pcmciautils 014 Linux C Library 2.10.2 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.10.2 Procps 3.2.8 Net-tools 1.60 Kbd 1.15.1 Sh-utils 8.1 wireless-tools 30 Modules Loaded viafb i2c_algo_bit ipv6 via drm af_packet nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 fuse snd_hda_codec_conexant snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq ath5k snd_timer snd_seq_device snd soundcore mac80211 snd_page_alloc shpchp ath evdev battery psmouse ac pci_hotplug button processor i2c_viapro ide_cd_mod cdrom sd_mod ata_generic usbhid pata_via sata_via uhci_hcd via82cxxx libata ehci_hcd via_agp ide_pci_generic ide_core usbcore via_rhine agpgart thermal fan unix fbcon font bitblit softcursor /proc/cpuinfo:processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 14 model name : Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 440 @ 1.86GHz stepping : 12 cpu MHz : 1861.982 cache size : 1024 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx constant_tsc up arch_perfmon bts aperfmperf pni monitor tm2 xtpr pdcm bogomips : 3723.96 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual power management: /proc/modules: viafb 73153 1 - Live 0xdcafa000 i2c_algo_bit 4203 1 viafb, Live 0xdc6d9000 ipv6 221661 8 - Live 0xdca52000 via 35660 0 - Live 0xdcaad000 drm 120248 1 via, Live 0xdcb17000 af_packet 14998 4 - Live 0xdd197000 nls_iso8859_1 2965 1 - Live 0xdcfb0000 nls_cp437 4497 1 - Live 0xdcfa5000 fuse 50108 2 - Live 0xdcf8b000 snd_hda_codec_conexant 18398 1 - Live 0xdcef1000 snd_hda_intel 17702 1 - Live 0xdced4000 snd_hda_codec 47063 2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel, Live 0xdceb1000 snd_hwdep 4638 1 snd_hda_codec, Live 0xdce94000 snd_pcm_oss 31869 0 - Live 0xdce80000 snd_mixer_oss 11840 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xdce6a000 snd_pcm 55689 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xdce4a000 snd_seq_dummy 987 0 - Live 0xdce2b000 snd_seq_oss 23246 0 - Live 0xdce1b000 snd_seq_midi 3656 0 - Live 0xdcddd000 snd_rawmidi 14504 1 snd_seq_midi, Live 0xdcdfc000 snd_seq_midi_event 4308 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi, Live 0xdcdd6000 snd_seq 39428 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event, Live 0xdcdbf000 ath5k 114540 0 - Live 0xdcd89000 snd_timer 14917 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq, Live 0xdcd5a000 snd_seq_device 4137 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq, Live 0xdcd49000 snd 39348 14 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device, Live 0xdcd30000 soundcore 4527 1 snd, Live 0xdcd14000 mac80211 118871 1 ath5k, Live 0xdcce5000 snd_page_alloc 5505 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm, Live 0xdccb3000 ac 2175 0 - Live 0xdcca7000 shpchp 25808 0 - Live 0xdcc89000 battery 7280 0 - Live 0xdcc08000 processor 25534 1 - Live 0xdcc3f000 evdev 6618 10 - Live 0xdcbfa000 ath 6502 1 ath5k, Live 0xdcbed000 button 3585 0 - Live 0xdcbc1000 psmouse 35960 0 - Live 0xdcba6000 pci_hotplug 11098 1 shpchp, Live 0xdcb67000 i2c_viapro 4893 0 - Live 0xdcb58000 sd_mod 23381 6 - Live 0xdcb43000 usbhid 31531 0 - Live 0xdcb0d000 ide_cd_mod 22780 0 - Live 0xdcaf2000 cdrom 29385 1 ide_cd_mod, Live 0xdca40000 ata_generic 2187 0 - Live 0xdca3a000 pata_via 6135 0 - Live 0xdca26000 sata_via 6057 5 - Live 0xdca16000 uhci_hcd 26515 0 - Live 0xdc6c8000 libata 133261 3 ata_generic,pata_via,sata_via, Live 0xdcabf000 ide_pci_generic 1960 0 - Live 0xdcc39000 ehci_hcd 43432 0 - Live 0xdcc24000 via_agp 4892 1 - Live 0xdcc0b000 via82cxxx 4742 0 - Live 0xdcbfe000 ide_core 74443 3 ide_cd_mod,ide_pci_generic,via82cxxx, Live 0xdcb81000 usbcore 127465 4 usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd, Live 0xdca8b000 via_rhine 17300 0 - Live 0xdca4b000 agpgart 22363 2 drm,via_agp, Live 0xdca32000 thermal 9246 0 - Live 0xdca1b000 fan 2582 0 - Live 0xdca0d000 unix 19630 210 - Live 0xdca02000 fbcon 33350 72 - Live 0xdc6e3000 font 7004 1 fbcon, Live 0xdc6d0000 bitblit 4238 1 fbcon, Live 0xdc6c4000 softcursor 989 1 bitblit, Live 0xdc6ba000 /proc/ioports: 0000-001f : dma1 0020-0021 : pic1 0022-0022 : ACPI PM2_CNT_BLK 0040-0043 : timer0 0050-0053 : timer1 0060-0060 : keyboard 0064-0064 : keyboard 0070-0075 : rtc0 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00a1 : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 0170-0177 : 0000:00:0f.1 0170-0177 : via82cxxx 01f0-01f7 : 0000:00:0f.1 01f0-01f7 : via82cxxx 0376-0376 : 0000:00:0f.1 0376-0376 : via82cxxx 03c0-03df : vesafb 03f6-03f6 : 0000:00:0f.1 03f6-03f6 : via82cxxx 04d0-04d1 : pnp 00:07 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 1000-1fff : PCI Bus 0000:02 4000-407f : pnp 00:07 4000-4003 : ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK 4008-400b : ACPI PM_TMR 4010-4015 : ACPI CPU throttle 4020-4023 : ACPI GPE0_BLK 4050-4053 : ACPI GPE1_BLK 4100-411f : pnp 00:07 4100-4107 : vt596_smbus 6000-6001 : ACPI PM1a_CNT_BLK 6004-6007 : 0000:00:0f.0 6004-6007 : sata_via 6008-600f : 0000:00:0f.0 6008-600f : sata_via 6010-601f : 0000:00:0f.0 6010-601f : sata_via 6020-603f : 0000:00:10.0 6020-603f : uhci_hcd 6040-605f : 0000:00:10.1 6040-605f : uhci_hcd 6060-607f : 0000:00:10.2 6060-607f : uhci_hcd 6080-609f : 0000:00:10.3 6080-609f : uhci_hcd 60a0-60af : 0000:00:0f.1 60a0-60af : via82cxxx 60b0-60b3 : 0000:00:0f.0 60b0-60b3 : sata_via 60b8-60bf : 0000:00:0f.0 60b8-60bf : sata_via 6400-64ff : 0000:00:0f.0 6400-64ff : sata_via 6800-68ff : 0000:00:12.0 6800-68ff : via-rhine 7000-7fff : PCI Bus 0000:03 fe00-fe00 : pnp 00:07 fe10-fe11 : pnp 00:07 /proc/iomem: 00000000-00001fff : System RAM 00002000-00005fff : reserved 00006000-0009dbff : System RAM 0009dc00-0009ffff : reserved 000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area 000c0000-000cffff : Video ROM 000e0000-000fffff : reserved 000f0000-000fffff : System ROM 00100000-1be8ffff : System RAM 01000000-012ea543 : Kernel code 012ea544-01405897 : Kernel data 0145f000-014cbbbf : Kernel bss 1be90000-1be9efff : ACPI Tables 1be9f000-1befffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage 1bf00000-1fffffff : reserved 20000000-201fffff : PCI Bus 0000:02 20200000-203fffff : PCI Bus 0000:02 20400000-205fffff : PCI Bus 0000:03 20600000-206fffff : PCI Bus 0000:05 20600000-2060ffff : 0000:05:01.0 20600000-2060ffff : ath5k a0000000-bfffffff : PCI Bus 0000:01 a0000000-bfffffff : 0000:01:00.0 a0000000-a3ffffff : vesafb c0000000-c7ffffff : 0000:00:00.0 c8000000-c8ffffff : PCI Bus 0000:01 c8000000-c8ffffff : 0000:01:00.0 c9000000-c90fffff : PCI Bus 0000:03 c9100000-c91fffff : PCI Bus 0000:04 c9100000-c9103fff : 0000:04:01.0 c9100000-c9103fff : ICH HD audio c9400000-c94000ff : 0000:00:10.4 c9400000-c94000ff : ehci_hcd c9400400-c94004ff : 0000:00:12.0 c9400400-c94004ff : via-rhine e0000000-efffffff : PCI MMCONFIG 0 [00-ff] e0000000-efffffff : pnp 00:01 e0000000-e01010ff : pnp 00:06 e00100ff-e00190fe : pnp 00:06 e00700ff-e007a0fe : pnp 00:06 e00800ff-e00a00fe : pnp 00:06 f0012000-f0012fff : pnp 00:01 f0013000-f0013fff : pnp 00:01 fec00000-fec0ffff : reserved fec00000-fec00fff : IOAPIC 0 fecc0000-fecc0fff : IOAPIC 1 fee00000-fee00fff : Local APIC fee00000-fee00fff : reserved ffb80000-ffc7ffff : pnp 00:06 ffee0000-ffefffff : pnp 00:06 fff00000-ffffffff : reserved fff00000-ffffffff : pnp 00:06 Output of lspci -vvv is attached. /proc/scsi/scsi: Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ATA Model: ST980811AS Rev: 3.AL Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 With kind regards Julian Wollrath
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