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&gt; On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:39:51 +0100 &lt;ijc@hellion.org.uk&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Sid kernel would be most interesting first off, I think.<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Ian.<br><br>Same behaviors after updating the three packages: xen-linux-system-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64, linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64, and linux-base (2.6.32-21).<br><br>apt-cache policy xen-linux-system-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64<br>xen-linux-system-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64:<br>&nbsp; Installed: 2.6.32-21<br>&nbsp; Candidate: 2.6.32-21<br>&nbsp; Version table:<br>&nbsp;*** 2.6.32-21 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 500 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca sid/main Packages<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.6.32-20 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 990 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca squeeze/main Packages<br><br>apt-cache policy linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64<br>linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64:<br>&nbsp; Installed: 2.6.32-21<br>&nbsp; Candidate: 2.6.32-21<br>&nbsp; Version table:<br>&nbsp;*** 2.6.32-21 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 500 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca sid/main Packages<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.6.32-20 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 990 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca squeeze/main Packages<br><br>apt-cache policy linux-base<br>linux-base:<br>&nbsp; Installed: 2.6.32-21<br>&nbsp; Candidate: 2.6.32-21<br>&nbsp; Version table:<br>&nbsp;*** 2.6.32-21 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 500 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca sid/main Packages<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.6.32-20 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 990 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca squeeze/main Packages<br><br>Bare-metal or with hypervisor does not boot with nomodeset on the kernel cmdline.<br><br>Just for troubleshooting purpose the current default Debian squeeze kernel linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 (2.6.32-20) also does not boot when nomodeset is set on the kernel cmdline.<br><br><br>-M<br>                                               </body>
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