Re: Kernel 2.6.25.4-10.fc8 no X w/ nvidia dkms from freshrpms

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> Richard Shaw wrote:
>> After updaing to kernel 2.6.25.4-10.fc8 X will not load. dkms runs and
>> says it's loading the module but X fails to run. Choosing my previous
>> (still installed) kernel 2.6.24.7-92.fc8 boots fine.
>>
>> Anyone else run into any X issues with the latest kernel?
>>
> With Fedora 9, an update to 2.6.24.4-30 has just broken X on my machine,
> while rebooting to 2.6.24.3-18 works OK. In my case X usually loads, but
> the X display is scrambled. I have a Matrox 400 card in this machine. I
> was wondering if they broke the Matrox driver or more general X related
> code. It looks like it may be the general code, as it seems people with
> various cards are complaining in various forums.

I reported something similar, on my F9 system, but in my case, X doesn't
come up scrambled...it doesn't start at all, on initial boot to runlevel
5.  If I "init 3" and then "init 5" again, or if I log in and run
"startx", it's fine.  X just won't start, initially, in runlevel 5.

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