a small problem with my 2.6.0 kernel setup

[Ben Konrath]

Howdy folks,

I just installed the 2.6.0 kernel on my sony vaio laptop and I've run
into a small problem.

I can't get a terminal to run in X. When I start xterm, the window
manager draws the window but the shell prompt doesn't show up. This
works fine if I reboot with 2.4.23. In 2.6.0, I can login normally on
the console and get shell prompt there. I'm assuming that I haven't
configured something correctly but I'm a bit stumped as to what. Does
anybody have any ideas?

Note to other sony vaio owners, the 2.6.0 kernel will not boot with the
PnPBios driver enabled. I believe this is because the vaio line of
laptops have buggy BIOS's. 

Cheers, Ben 

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