Hey All

OS: Slackware 12.2
Kernel: 2.6.28.1(Custom)

Built a custom kernal and suspect I missed something, When booting the new kernal the system console goes blank. accessing the system via SSH I can see the system boots completely up so it's a display issue. I've tried booting specifiying different display options via vga=ask. when booting with anything flaged as VGA the console loads and can be read, anything flaged VESA displays a blank screen.

I've included a few txt files referencing some information that might be helpfull

Attached Files

	lspci.txt (827 Bytes, 13 views)
	dmesg.txt (13.6 KB, 18 views)
	config.txt (36.5 KB, 11 views)

Your configuration is really stripped down as I compare your .config's size (37393 bytes) and e.g. config-generic-smp-2.6.27.7-smp (89505 bytes).

It will help if you tell us:
- what is your hardware
- why you need a 2.6.28-1 kernel (this is not obvious when looking at the output of lspci)
- why did you remove so many devices (e.g. no USB, but you have an USB controller)

[EDIT]I did notice some important difference between you .config and mine, regarding support for frame buffer devices and console display driver support.

For instance, in my .config I have CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y, you have CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE is not set.

And you have CONFIG_FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT=y, this seem to be a new option; I would avoid it.

More generally I would keep Pat's settings for everything regarding support for frame buffer devices and console display driver support and see if everything works; if yes make one change at a time _if_you_really_need_it_.