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rja · 03-09-07, 03:22 PM

After upgrading from 9746 to 9755, I can boot an 8800GTS with vga=792.

[root@goth ~]# cat /proc/cmdline
ro root=LABEL=/ 3 vga=792

I can run startx and logout repeatedly without a kernel bug. It just drops back to the normal console prompt.

kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6
nvidia-graphics-1.0.9755-18.at
nvidia-graphics9755-1.0_9755-86.fc6.at
nvidia-graphics9755-devel-1.0_9755-86.fc6.at
nvidia-graphics9755-kmdl-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6-1.0_9755-86.fc6.at
nvidia-graphics9755-libs-1.0_9755-86.fc6.at
nvidia-graphics-devel-1.0.9755-18.at
nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-5.fc6.at
nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.18-19.fc6.at

Thanks for taking care of this.

03-09-07, 03:22 PM	#5
rja Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4	Re: 9746 8800GTS kernel bug leaving X-session - fixed with 9755 After upgrading from 9746 to 9755, I can boot an 8800GTS with vga=792. [root@goth ~]# cat /proc/cmdline ro root=LABEL=/ 3 vga=792 I can run startx and logout repeatedly without a kernel bug. It just drops back to the normal console prompt. kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6 nvidia-graphics-1.0.9755-18.at nvidia-graphics9755-1.0_9755-86.fc6.at nvidia-graphics9755-devel-1.0_9755-86.fc6.at nvidia-graphics9755-kmdl-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6-1.0_9755-86.fc6.at nvidia-graphics9755-libs-1.0_9755-86.fc6.at nvidia-graphics-devel-1.0.9755-18.at nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-5.fc6.at nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.18-19.fc6.at Thanks for taking care of this.