On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 15:11:07 -0500 Robert Locke <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 14:19 -0500, Ernest wrote: > > New Kernel image 2.6.15-1.1830_FC4 > > is causing problems with gdm. > > > > After boot: > > the kernel is running, but gdm has crashed at the point where a user > > login screen should appear. > > All that appears is a blue background speckled with white dots. It > > might be that gdm has not crashed, but the boot process has left > > something in an incompatible state. > > > > It is possible to login to this machine, from another desktop, using > > ssh. Once logged onto the fedora system and issuing the command > > "gdm-restart", the gdm user login screen appears on the fedora > > system console. > > > > What has changed between 2.6.15-1.1830_FC4 > > and 2.6.14-1.1656.FC4? > > > > Where do I start? > > What information is needed? > > > > System is an older Gateway PIII, 384MB RAM, ATI Radeon graphics card > > in the AGP slot. > > X.org detects and configures this video card properly. The earlier > > kernel worked fine, until the system was booted with kernel > > 2.6.15-1. Now kernel 2.6.14-1 exhibits the same problem. > > > > You might want to check the archives for the last couple of days. The > problem for some, like me, is actually with the new udev, that was > installed along with the new kernel. In fact, a simple terminal > switch was enough to get my gdm login visible. Ctrl-Alt-F1 followed > by Ctrl-Alt-F7. If it is the same as my problem, you may notice that > the text mode terminal login is tiny print, something about probing > and activating fb.... > > I fixed mine with an update that should be released shortly to > module-init-tools. You can get it early by doing the following: > > yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update module-init-tools > > Good luck, > > --Rob > I have made the update from "testing" and the problem still exists. The computer is freezing and i have to hard reboot. the last messages in the system log are: ainit: Memory: Failed to release Semaphore ainit: Error: No such file or directory ainit: Memory: Failed to release SHM segment ainit: Error: No such file or directory so long...
