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List:       gentoo-desktop
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: [gentoo-alpha] gentoo KDE problem
From:       Paul de Vrieze <pauldv () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2005-02-14 12:19:19
Message-ID: 200502141319.26107.pauldv () gentoo ! org
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On Saturday 12 February 2005 23:43, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:

> I have not resolved the problem.  I don't have a workaround.  I've seen
> a few open bugs on it, mostly posted with the BSD distros.
>
> I'm confident that the problem has nothing to do with KDE.  The problem
> is most likely:
> 1. a problem with the kernel handing control back over to the SRM
> console properly
> 2. a problem with aboot handing control back over to the SRM console
> properly 3. a bad SRM console setting

These problems are most of the time caused by race conditions between X 
and a console. Well written drivers should avoid this, but as this thing 
is very hard to get right (and to replicate) errors slip through.

Paul

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Paul de Vrieze
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