Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262710AbTGKOx1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:53:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262861AbTGKOx1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:53:27 -0400 Received: from raq465.uk2net.com ([213.239.56.46]:30729 "EHLO mail.truemesh.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262710AbTGKOxW (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:53:22 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 16:02:21 +0100 From: Paul Nasrat To: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: 2.5 'what to expect' Message-ID: <20030711150220.GG28359@raq465.uk2net.com> Mail-Followup-To: Paul Nasrat , Dave Jones , Linux Kernel References: <20030711140219.GB16433@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030711140219.GB16433@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 943 Lines: 24 On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 03:02:19PM +0100, Dave Jones wrote: > Known gotchas. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Certain known bugs are being reported over and over. Here are the > workarounds. > - Blank screen after decompressing kernel? > Make sure your .config has > CONFIG_INPUT=y, CONFIG_VT=y, CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y and CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y > A lot of people have discovered that taking their .config from 2.4 and > running make oldconfig to pick up new options leads to problems, notably > with CONFIG_VT not being set. You might want to mention the synaptics touchpad driver/event for XFree86, as I'm sure that will be a FAQ amongst laptop users http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/ Paul - 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/