Subject : Xorg crash at first start Submitter : Cédric Godin <cedric@belbone.be> Date : 2008-12-04 14:26 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122840082828098&w=4 Notify-Also : Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> Notify-Also : "Dave Airlie" <airlied@gmail.com> This entry is being used for tracking a regression from 2.6.27. Please don't close it until the problem is fixed in the mainline.
Reportedly caused by: commit 52440211dcdc52c0b757f8b34d122e11b12cdd50 Author: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> Date: Tue Nov 18 09:30:25 2008 -0800 drm: move drm vblank initialization/cleanup to driver load/unload drm vblank initialization keeps track of the changes in driver-supplied frame counts across vt switch and mode setting, but only if you let it by not tearing down the drm vblank structure. Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> First-Bad-Commit : 52440211dcdc52c0b757f8b34d122e11b12cdd50
On Tuesday, 23 of December 2008, Cédric Godin wrote: > Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > > of recent regressions. > > > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > > from 2.6.27. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know > > (either way). > > > > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12178 > > Subject : Xorg crash at first start > > Submitter : Cédric Godin <cedric@belbone.be> > > Date : 2008-12-04 14:26 (17 days old) > > First-Bad-Commit: > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=52440211dcdc52c0b757f8b34d122e11b12cdd50 > > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122840082828098&w=4 > > > > > It seems that the bug #12216 is the same bug. I tested the patch posted > in it and everything is back to normal. Many thanks.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 12216 ***