Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264010AbTEFSUb (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 14:20:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264011AbTEFSUb (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 14:20:31 -0400 Received: from tmr-02.dsl.thebiz.net ([216.238.38.204]:53515 "EHLO gatekeeper.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264010AbTEFSU3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 14:20:29 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 14:27:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Davidsen To: walt cc: David van Hoose , LKML Subject: Re: [2.5.69] Fails on "Uncompressing Kernel" (detailed) In-Reply-To: <3EB7D399.4090109@myrealbox.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 984 Lines: 23 On Tue, 6 May 2003, walt wrote: > The configuration menu has changed recently so that support for normal > console operation is not included by default. To activate the usual > console on VT and on VGA requires selecting options that are buried > in the 'Character device' 'Input device' and 'Graphics support' menu > sections. Go all the way to the bottom of each section and you will > see the obvious items you need to select. Rather a confusing change. Was that deliberate? I have to wonder if having a default which doesn't work for most people is worth the gain (which I don't see, but assume is there). -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/