Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 18 Jul 2002 17:16:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 18 Jul 2002 17:16:02 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:39689 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 18 Jul 2002 17:16:02 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 22:18:59 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Petr Vandrovec Cc: Matthew Wilcox , jsimmons@transvirtual.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.26 broken on headless boxes Message-ID: <20020718221859.Q13352@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz on Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 11:04:54PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 973 Lines: 22 On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 11:04:54PM +0200, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > You have enabled CONFIG_VT without CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE and > CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE. It is illegal configuration. Huh. So CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE is not enough any more? I really do think this should be documented in Config.help. > To fix oopses, either enable 'Framebuffer devices' under 'Console > drivers' section (you do not have to enable any fbdev driver, just > check this option...), or disable CONFIG_VT. See arch/*/kernel/setup.c > for explanation, no code in VT subsystem kernel expects conswitchp == NULL, > but couple of architectures leaves sometime conswitchp uninitialized. well, this is on x86 ... -- Revolutions do not require corporate support. - 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/