Re: Upgrading 2.4 to 2.6 kernel problems

From: Jaap Haitsma (jaap_at_haitsma.org)
Date: 03/31/04

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    Bill Thompson wrote:
    > On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 23:32:11 +0200
    > Jaap Haitsma <jaap@haitsma.org> wrote:
    >
    >
    >>>Hi,
    >>>
    >>>I upgraded my unstable system from kernel 2.4.25 to 2.6.4.
    >>>I still have a couple of minor problems.
    >>>
    >
    > <snip>
    >
    >>>2. Just after loading all the modules the screen dims and characters
    >>>turn from white to dark gray, which is very hard to read and all my
    >>>virtual consoles are dimmed.
    >>>
    >>>Thanks
    >>>
    >>>Jaap
    >>>
    >
    >
    > For what it's worth, I have this VC problem on my SID box as well. It
    > started after an apt-get dist-upgrade this weekend. However, before then I
    > was running the system on 2.6 without this problem so it may not be
    > related to the kernel. My suspicion is something in the ATI driver with
    > Xfree86 4.3 is causing it but I have not had the chance to track it down
    > far enough to make a bug report.
    >
    > Not much help, but at least your not alone ;). When and if I find a
    > solution I'll post it to the list.
    >
    I don't think it's Xfree. With me the console gets dimmed during init
    before gdm gets loaded

    Jaap 

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