"binks" when using newer kernels

[Diego Iastrubni]

Now it's even funier... X really locked up. All the display was just shut 
down... even good old terminals were gone.

If I understand correcttly I need also to upgrade Xorg... will it work with 
the old "official" kernel?  or are xorg+linux bundeled together? 

I just heard that EXT4 is stable in 2.6.30... but no distro still uses that 
kernel by default. As Xorg 1.6 should come "soon", all I can think of is "all 
distros are messed up right now, wait". No upgrade for me it seems.

PS:
Yes, your machine has 915G. Still having all those passwords which prevent you 
from working after you go doing #1?

;-)


On Friday 29 May 2009 22:24:04 Oron Peled wrote:
> On 29.05.2009 Diego Iastrubni wrote:
> > I am using Mandriva 2008.1 (yes, the old one) and decided to upgrade my
> > kernel. I tested 2.6.29 and 2.6.30 (git, from Linus branch) nad under
> > both I get random "blinks" in the screen. It's like the screen gets shut
> > down for 100-200 msec, and then continues on working.
> >
> > The machine is a Lenovo 3000 N100, with an Intel 945 video card.
>
> I'm almost sure it's because of the latest changes in Intel drivers
> related to KMS (kernel-mode-setting).
>
> Few months ago the situation was much worse (for me), with random freezes
> on KDE (switched temporarily to GNOME). Now I get similar "flickers" only
> briefly during login (probably because of resolution changes etc.)
>
> You should use these drivers with up to date Xorg+drivers, otherwise your
> chances are slim.
>
> Fedora 10, HP DV-4000, with Intel-915GM (I think, it's not in front
> of me now).
>
> Cheer up, it should be OK soon (X.org-1.6 should be around the corner).