difficulty booting new kernel

thiqued · 08-25-2004, 05:39 PM

I recently downloaded the kernel version 2.6, followed all the instructions to configure and build the kernel, and made a link to it in lilo. When lilo boots the kernel, I get a blank screen with a blinking cursor that leads nowhere, despite there being some harddrive activity. Any recent step by step guides to using a new kernel or other advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

Dave

thiqued · 08-25-2004, 08:25 PM

I tried doing a rebulid of the kernel that I was already using to see if I could get that to work but I had the same problem. However, I noticed that, while there is nothing on the screen, control alt delete successfully reboots the system. Maybe this is only a problem of graphics not working?

realjustin · 08-25-2004, 09:58 PM

Hopefully this is the problem. Boot up a backup kernel (you did leave the old 2.4 one, right?) and as root run

lilo

That's the only way I've seen this happen.

qwijibow · 08-25-2004, 10:12 PM

dmesg output ?
can you ctrl+alt+f6 or ctrl+alt+f5 into a seccond login console ?

thiqued · 08-26-2004, 12:05 AM

I can get a terminal if I pass vga=ask in lilo and select any of the vga modes. I guess the problem is that the SVGA mode just isnt working, which is very odd because it works just fine on the old 2.4 kernel. How can I configure the SVGA mode to work correctly?

qwijibow · 08-26-2004, 08:15 AM

how about just NOT using vga or svga ?

anyways... are you using the mandrake kernel... or did you compile your own kernel ?
if you compiled your own, i suspect you made a mistake ion the Graphics section ?

stevie_velvet · 09-06-2004, 01:23 PM

does this happen after the kernel decompresses but before the init session ? ~ do you notice the cursor move by one character after about 30 seconds ?