[arch-general] X fails to start with intel card after latestkernel update

[Damjan Georgievski]

>
> The fbcon is the Biggie!. But that is now some compiled into the kernel magic that
> I'm pretty much at a loss to deal with. I installed xf86-video-fbdev and the
> fbdev error is gone, but as others correctly said, that wasn't the problem.

fbcon is the framebuffer console,i.e. a module that provides a console
over a framebuffer device (as opposed to the VGA console). It
shouldn't be an issue for anything X related.


> The only thing I am 100% certain of at this point is there is a problem
> somewhere because the box worked great up until I did the update on 10/8 and I
> haven't seen kde since...
>
> I'm sure it's something simple that just needs to be fixed in the kernel or in
> one of the modules. But I am equally sure that it will take someone much
> smarter than I on the kernel or module at issue to do it :p

Does you KDE work if you try to log in as a new clean user?

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damjan