On 09/09/2009 08:44 PM, homburg@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Very strange. I can boot to L3 but get a HARD lock-up to > level 5 prior to the authentication screen. The old kernel > continues to function perfectly. > > Sep 9 20:20:52 dch kdm[1875]: X server startup timeout, terminating > Sep 9 20:21:22 dch kdm[1875]: X server termination timeout, killing > Sep 9 20:21:22 dch kdm[1875]: X server for display :0 > cannot be started, session disabled > is that with Kernel Mode setting active? my situation was reverse which yours, I rebuild the xorg intel driver version 8.1: - booting with kernel 2.6.29 and Kernel Mode setting active X crashed at login sesssion in kde - booting with kernel 2.6.29 and kernel Mode setting disabled KDE started just fine. with the update to kernel 2.6.30.5-43 and Kernel mode setting active KDE session no longer crashed. so in my situation the update to 2.6.30 fixed the X crash with intel driver 8.1, maybe the current X drivers need some updates to work with Kernel mode setting in 2.6.30 try disabling KMS adding nomodeset to kernel options as in Release Notes of https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KernelModesetting Gabriel -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines