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Offline kjpetrie

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X does not start on Acer 5810TG with testing 2.6.37.1 to 2.6.37.3 PAE kernels
« on: February 23, 2011, 07:16:49 AM »
« Last Edit: March 09, 2011, 04:02:31 PM by kjpetrie »
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Re: X does not start on Acer 5810TG with testing 2.6.37.1 to 2.6.37.3 PAE kernels
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2011, 09:34:21 PM »
kjpetrie,
I'm not sure if this is the same issue or not, but I have the same issue in the 2.6.37.x kernels  on a standard (not BFS, not PAE, not 64) kernel. I found that by removing the vga=791 (or whatever your setting is), X will start without a problem. I think there may be a problem here...  :-\
This workaround seems to work for me, but the rebooting (before X starts) screens are pretty lame.  :( :( :(

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Re: X does not start on Acer 5810TG with testing 2.6.37.1 to 2.6.37.3 PAE kernels
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2011, 04:23:06 AM »
Oldschool,

I had the same problem.
As reported by Tex the .96 driver does not work properly
under the 2.6.37 kernels. I suggest you revert to the 2.6.33
kernel, that worked for me.
Or try the 2.6.38 one, which I haven't done yet.

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Re: X does not start on Acer 5810TG with testing 2.6.37.1 to 2.6.37.3 PAE kernels
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2011, 06:10:08 AM »
Switch to the vesa driver. Reboot to the new kernel. Set up your video driver. Reboot.
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Re: X does not start on Acer 5810TG with testing 2.6.37.1 to 2.6.37.3 PAE kernels
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2011, 12:21:07 PM »
Thanks for the heads up and the tips, guys!

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