After 2.6.16.18 kernel compile no video

crewblunts · 05-29-2006, 09:58 AM

Hello all,
I have been trying to compile the 2.6.16.18 kernel for my laptop for 3 days now. However, everytime I compile and reboot I get no video display after the lilo selection screen. The computer says bios check's out and then goes blank. It is definitely booting though b/c the hdd indicator goes nuts and I can press ctrl+alt+del and reboot. Any help or fresh ideas would be much appreciated.

lspci:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
02:01.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG MiniPCI Adapter (rev 05)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
02:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
02:04.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI7x20 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port PHY/Link-Layer Controller
02:04.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCI7420/PCI7620 Dual Socket CardBus and Smart Card Cont. w/ 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port  PHY/Link-Layer Cont. an
02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)

lsmod:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
snd-pcm-oss            36736   0  (unused)
snd-mixer-oss          12376   0  [snd-pcm-oss]
uhci                   24284   0  (unused)
ehci-hcd               17516   0  (unused)
usbcore                59148   1  [uhci ehci-hcd]
hw_random               2712   0  (unused)
i810_rng                2528   0  (unused)
snd-intel8x0           18304   0 
snd-ac97-codec         58556   0  [snd-intel8x0]
snd-pcm                54344   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec]
snd-timer              13764   0  [snd-pcm]
snd                    32772   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer]
soundcore               3396   4  [snd]
snd-page-alloc          4712   0  [snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm snd-timer snd]
ohci1394               23888   0  (unused)
ieee1394               41636   0  [ohci1394]
b44                    13644   1 
ds                      6548   2 
yenta_socket           10436   2 
pcmcia_core            39172   0  [ds yenta_socket]
ntfs                   51232   1  (autoclean)
ide-scsi                9392   0 
agpgart                45508   0  (unused)

The Config file
(sorry for the link but it would not let me post the config file[too many chars])

thanks again,

Phil V

crewblunts · 05-29-2006, 08:58 PM

I figured it out. If anyone needs to know I just needed to install only the one driver for the intel chipset. Including the VESA chipset

janos · 05-30-2006, 03:51 AM

I had the same problem with ATI and NVIDIA video cards. THe mistake in my kernel setting was to compile ATIs/NVIDIAs frame buffer modules. VESA FB was what i needed

bluewhale · 06-01-2006, 02:00 AM

(my PC-AMD64 3800+ X2 1 Gig RAM works well with kernel 2.6.15-2054). Yesterday, I upgraded kernel 2.6.15-2054 to kernel-2.6.16.18 but end up with error 15.
then reinstall evrything again from 2-6.15-2054 BUT upgraded to kernel-2.6.16.19 no problem with grub. Whatz wrong with grub under kernel-2.6.16.18 ?

Why I want to get into bleeding edge tech? It is my job.

hope to hear from someone.

thanks in advance.

sundialsvcs · 06-01-2006, 12:21 PM

FYI, when dealing with video problems bear in mind that there are two areas to consider:

(1) The kernel: does the system perceive that the device exists? Does the driver work?

(2) XWindows/XOrg: this being the actual piece of software that provides the video interaction for user code, does it properly work with the display and user-input devices in question?

It can sometimes be difficult to sort these two out. In this case, of course, the fact that "it worked until I changed the kernel (having changed nothing else)" pretty much points to the kernel as the culprit; as it was.

When two or more loaded (or loadable) drivers could "claim" a device, that's usually not a good thing for obvious reasons. You want the right driver to be the only one that's used. You neither need nor want the others.