reassign 218853 kernel-image-2.6.0-test9-1-386 thanks On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 07:37:45PM -0500, Josh Metzler wrote: > Package: libc6 > Version: 2.3.2.ds1-9 > Severity: critical > Tags: sid > Justification: breaks unrelated software > > After upgrading to libc6-2.3.2-ds1-8, the computer locks up while starting KDE > in the Initializing Peripherals part of the startup. Up until this point, > the computer functions fine, including starting X (4.3.0-pre1v4) and KDM. If > I don't login through KDM, I can switch to a VT and am able to use dpkg to > downgrade to libc6-2.3.2-9. I tried again with ds1-9, but had the same > problem, so I again downgraded. I also tried switching to a VT after > starting the login process from KDM. This allowed me to see a kernel panic > occur, but it scrolled rapidly up the screen, and at the end of it there was > nothing I could do but reboot. > > I am happy to upgrade to ds1-9 again to gather more info for you if you tell > me how to do so. > > Everything on my system is from sid, except for the XFree86 from experimental. > I am using the 2.6.0-test9-1-386 kernel. > > I filed this bug report against libc6 rather than kernel-2.6.0 since things > work fine with libc6-2.3.2-9.
However, kernel panics are always kernel bugs. It's unlikely that we could change the library to avoid the panic. I'm reassigning this to the kernel image package. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
