On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:04:06 +0200 Joachim Schipper
<[email protected]> wrote:
> This machine, a Thinkpad SL510, worked fine with the Xenocara/the
> driver from a snaphot; I compiled Xenocara (not just the driver - I
> got compile errors) for the newer version. (So note that I've never
> tried this Xenocara with the old driver; I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry...)
>
If your xenocara `make build` failed, then you really don't know what
you are testing. Possibly, you only got a portion of needed commits
when running cvs update (e.g. mirror not fully sync'd).
> If I use this new driver with a non-INTELDRM_GEM kernel, the screen
> (computer?) freezes as soon as X starts. Is this expected?
In my experience, yes. If you try to run the new driver with the wrong
kernel, bad things happen, consistently.
> More seriously, if I do use a kernel with the simple configuration
> provided below then the screen (computer?) freezes after a short while
> (I *think* it's triggered by scrolling in Firefox but not by anything
> in an xterm, but I'm not sure.)
If the system seems locked up (e.g. no video output, no keyboard virtual
terminal switching, no network, etc.), you could actually be at a ddb
prompt and just not be able to see it. Try blindly typing 'boot reboot'
and wait a while. If the machine reboots, then you were at ddb prompt.
jcr
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