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  1. Bug #590201
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 590201

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Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) wrote : Re: [Bug 590201] Re: OpenSolaris (previously working) no longer boots: kernel panics early

Quoting Ed Hynan (<email address hidden>):
> The problem must be related to the hardware. The machine I have the bug
> on is a laptop w/ AMD Turion cpu, ATI/AMD chips (RS690, SB600). As you
> said it works for you on an Intel laptop, I've managed to try the same VM
> image on a HP laptop w/ Intel Core quad, Ubuntu 10.04 fully updated, and
> it is working.

Hi Ed,

that may actually be good news. Could you try the kernel from
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/714335/comments/30
on your AMD lucid host and see if that fixes the opensolaris boots?

> Note also that that since 10.10 there are other problems, such as that display
> brightness or pm suspend do not work if booted on main power, but _do_ work
> if booted on battery. The kernel has regressed for that hardware.

Please do open bugs for those against the kernel and display drivers
for those, if you haven't already.