Re: linux-2.6.15-rc1 crashed my file system for 2.6.14

[Coywolf Qi Hunt]

2005/11/15, Lukas Ruf <ruf@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Dear all,
>
> today, I tried linux-2.6.15-rc1 on my laptop (thinkpad t40p).
> Before it had been running 2.6.14 without troubles.
>
> What happened:
>
> - compiled 2.6.15-rc1 with the 2.6.14 .config file.
>
> - make install modules_install ; update-grub
>
> - booted into 2.6.15-rc1
>
> - started X.org (latest available in Debian unstable, DNR version)
>
> - crashed the screen output -> rebooted
>
> - booted in 2.6.14 (that run without problems)
>
> - received the 'VFS ... cannot mount root ...' error message

What's the detalls here? screen shots maybe.

>   (ext2 and ext3 are statically compiled into the kernel)
>
> - booted into Knoppix, fsck.ext3 didn't show any error
>
> - retried 2.6.14 -- same error persists
>
> - 2.6.15-rc1 boots still smoothly
>
> - however, 2.6.15-rc1 has still no screen output after trying to
>   start X.

what does /var/log/Xorg.0.log show?

>
> ---> how can I get back to 2.6.14 without loosing data
>
> Any help is very welcome and urgently needed.
--
Coywolf Qi Hunt
http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/
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