2.6 prerelease kernel. I guess this means serious problems for the AMD users here. Compared to most of 'em on the list, I'm running a fairly "old" system (about 4 years): AMD Athlon, nVidia (3 D Labs) card, and Viewsonic 17.
Before my last crash and burn, I tried installing the nVidia drivers, and it could not create the needed module. Sounds logical though, since I imagine there would be some need of updating or patching to support the present kernel in Severn.
I installed 2.6.0-test1 one today on ath 700 over ssh and rebooted the machine, it came up fine and i just ssh'd in to check it. Granted I am not running anything on it yet. I also did to my ath 1800 and rebooted, but it didnt come back up. So its not "old" hardware causing it. I also have rage128 pro vid on the 700. Will try beta on my ibm 600E later and maybe I can have sound again wiht 2.6 kernel.
I took a clue from Bill Nottingham who was responding to a message regading kernel oopses with AMD's and the Taroon beta. Looks like the same case for AMD and Severn...