I have a slight issue with my new kernel 2.4.19 on my Rh7.2 box running Gnome.

after compiling my new kernel, i restart and choose to boot it, all goes well until right at the last moment when trying to startx. the screen flickers a fair few times, and finally resorts to just the command. no gnome

I am thinking this is a problem with one of the many options i did or didnt choose while running make xconfig.

I have a geforce2 ti agp card.

any clues as to which option i have got wrong in the xconfig would be much appreciated
cheers

You did compile and install the Nvidia drivers for your newly compiled kernel did you? If so, try to post the errors from your /var/log/XFree.*.log, also check dmesg and /var/log/messages for errors and lsmod to see if the Nvidia module is loaded.

yeah, that'll be it.. that one ALWAYS gets me. then again though, i AM dumb....

well i have had an indepth look at some log files including the Xfree one (as above)

I have also compared my kernel 2.4.7-10 bootup log with my newly compiled 2.4.19 bootup log and (file /var/log/boot.log)

and noticed that my usb mouse isnt being loaded, this may have something to do with gnome not loading? over and above the video issue.

the extract of the log is as follows. (it seems my usb filessystem is not being mounted)

Nov 22 15:07:44 xion rc.sysinit: Setting hostname xion: succeeded

:Mounting usb filesystem: succeeded
:Initializing usb controller (usb-ohci): succeeded
:Initializing usb controller (usb-uhci): succeeded
:Initializing usb controller (usb-uhci): succeeded
:Initializing usb HID interface: succeeded
:Initializing usb mouse: succeeded

xion fsck:/: clean.................

(note i left out all the date and time stuff, not important)

well, that all happens when my kernel 2.4.7-10 boots up (this is the default kernel produce upon install of RH7.2)

and it doesnt happen when my new kernel 2.4.19 boots up

so after all that, could someone possibly tell me what option i should include, when i do make xconfig so that my kernel has support for and mounts the usb filesystem?

in the meantime i will take a look at that nvidia issue.

thanks heaps for all your help so far, i dont know what i would do without it
cheers

Ok well my new kernel is almost all working!
just the issue with my a4 tech usb mouse, and i think i have an idea of what the problem is! (i have had this mouse working with this kernel version once before)

well my original kernel mounts the usb filesystem on boot up as above, but not my new one (kernel 2.4.19) hoowever it seems to do everything else it needs to do for the usb mouse support (although maybe i have selected something when doing a make xconfig which has overridden my usb mouse somehow?)

anyway i was wondering and this is a real extreme wondering.
should i mount this usb filesystem on boot through my etc/fstab ?

I read the help available on preliminary usb device filesystem (which is the xconfig option i am assuming links to that usb filesystem mounting) and it says you can mount it using:
mount -t usbdevfs none /proc/bus/usb

how would this fit into my etc/fstab file? (sorry still a newbie)

i could be way off the track here but im not sure what else could be wrong?

all thoughts are most welcome!

Nov 22 15:07:44 xion rc.sysinit: Mounting USB filesystem: succeeded

my new kernel skips this whole bit out when it bootsup( ie: it doesnt even try to mount the filesystem) what could be the problem?

when i restart my pc and boot my original kernel 2.4.7-10 everything goes smoothly and the filesystem is mounted and then kudzu finds both my usb mouse and my usb camera when checking for new hardware.

i must be doing something wrong?

I have configured all the usb appropriate options during xconfig:
preliminary usb support=y
and then all the uhci and ohci thingies are set to m
hid =y

what could be the problem that my new kernel doesnt even attempt to mount the usb filesytem? is it because its not mentioned in etc/fstab ? (just a wild guess)

Does anyone know exactly what you need to include in your kernel for usb mouse support (usb on mainboard)

ie: what is needed concerning "y m n" questions during make xconfig.

thanks in advance