Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263572AbTE3KpK (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 May 2003 06:45:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263573AbTE3KpK (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 May 2003 06:45:10 -0400 Received: from deviant.impure.org.uk ([195.82.120.238]:35539 "EHLO deviant.impure.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263572AbTE3KpJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 May 2003 06:45:09 -0400 Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 12:00:56 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: William McDonald Buck Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: More info on non-booting 2.5.69/2.5.70 Message-ID: <20030530110056.GA16326@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , William McDonald Buck , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 08:59:53AM -0400, William McDonald Buck wrote: > I'm not subscribed, but read everything I could find here on > non-booting 2.5 kernels, and with help from list archives found and > fixed my problems. Had the problem others have reported -- hang > after unpacking the kernel, blank screen. Advice given here, and in > "what to expect" document is to ensure one has set CONFIG_INPUT=y, > CONFIG_VT=Y and CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=Y (and sometimes says to set > CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y). The advice does not say -- and I think should > and must -- to set CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y. The work-in-progress version of the next version of that document already documents this (and a few other things that may cause this effect). I'll look at getting it updated in the next few days Dave - 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/