XFree86-4.3.0-64 + kernel-2.6.3-2.1.253.2.1 = lockup

[Neal Becker]

On Wednesday 17 March 2004 06:11 pm, Monica wrote:
[...]
> I had a similiar problem with XFree86-4.3.0-64.  I
> first tried kernel 2.6.3-2.1.253.2.1 as well and also
> an earlier one and the same thing happened for both.
> My screen froze during boot-up, but my keyboard still
> worked.  The X server had crashed.
>
> After an hour of trying to figure out what was wrong,
> I figured out that it was glibc.  I was able to get to
> a command-prompt (Ctrl-F1 at the blank screen).  From
> there, attempting to run startx resulted in a
> different error message from the logs (logs said that
> /dev/apm_bios didn't exist).  The output from the
> command line complained about not being able to find
> something in a glibc file (I don't remember exactly
> what it said, but it was trying to reference something
> that didn't exist).  I believe that it was version
> 2.3.3-13.
>
> I upgraded to 2.3.3-17 and everything worked.  The X
> server started as expected.  I also downgraded to -63
> for XFree86, but I believe that it was the newer glibc
> that did it.  I'm also running an earlier kernel (it's
> configured just how I want it - 2.6.3-1.118), but it
> should work with the current one.
>

Thanks Monica.  Only problem is, I already am using glibc-2.3.3-17.  There is 
syslog of the crash which I reported.  I believe my crash looks different 
than yours.  Thanks for the info, anyway.