Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 197057
After installing FC5 kernel 2.6.17-1.2139 on Athlon 64, systems hangs in X11
Last modified: 2015-01-04 17:27:36 EST
Description of problem: after installing the latest FC5 kernel 2.6.17-1.2139 on Athlon 64 (init level 5), the system hangs in X11 (in GDM). Using an older kernel (2.6.16-1.2133_FC5 for example): no hanging X11. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel 2.6.17-1.2139 How reproducible: Install the above kernel and boot in level 5; Then after booting the screen remains black before the gdm prompt appears. Steps to Reproduce: 1.See above. 2. 3. Actual results: Screen remains dark. Expected results: GDM mask Additional info: No problem on 32bit processors, only on Athlon 3200+ 64 Bit
Forgot to say that my display controller is: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600] (Secondary)
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
Nore more probs with the most recent kernel. Bug may be closed.