Blank screen on kernel compile from 2.4.31 to 2.6.15?
 

Hello Guys.

Well, I finally got the nerve to compile my 10.2 2.4.31 slackware to 2.6.15 and of course, it does now work.

I get the two options in Lilo, but 2.6.15 just has a blank screen.

I'm sure its something i'm doing or not doing in menuconfig, but I don't know what.
I know what all my hardware is, but I've recompiled 3 times and I always get a blank screen.

At least I have the option of booting back to 2.4.31 which still works fine.

I've tried everythink on this site that I see, and I don't know what I'm missing.

If anyone has a clue on what I may be missing I'd be very appreciative.

At the very least, I'm learning a lot of command line stuff by memory now, which is a good thing.


Thanks again Guys...


Mitch..

This guy was having a similar problem and I think the solution/advice will also work for your problem:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=408169

I think you're setting something in the framebuffer display section incorrectly. I can't remember what the section is called, but I do know it's where you can set your custom resolution and add a boot logo in the menuconfig kernel configuration. Check through that section and look for problems.


Oh, one other thing. I think you can use pat's 2.6.13 kernel config found on the second slack cd under /extra. That might be a good config to start from and whittle down the selections from there.

Ok guys...

Thanks for getting me this far. I finally got to install 2.6.15 though I can not get x to start.
The error reads.

"Module nvidia not found
Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module
Screens found, but none have usable configuration."

Was I not suppose to make the nvida madule? Actually I saw a riva tnt in there, so I thought it would not hurt using it and I guess I set it up as a module.

The riva tnt card was working fine in 2.4.31.
Do I need to reinstall the nvidia driver again?

Thanks again guys.

Mitch

Yes you have to reinstall the driver again.
After a recompile you have to install the nvidia drivers again.

You can just edit your xorg.conf file so that it say's "nv" instead of "nvidia" for the moment.
Then download the driver and maybe even let the driver configure xorg.conf for you automaticly. It works on my computer.
Even enables direct rendering automaticly which the old drivers without the script changing your xorg.conf didnt.

Thanks for the info Synt4x. It's appreciated.

It worked reinstalling my nvidia driver and I can now get into X. However, I'm not home free yet.
I can't get my linksys nic card to work or my cmedia 8738 sound card to work.
When I run lsmod I only get
This

nvidia

Now, when I run lspci all my hardware will show up.

I run netconfig and go through the steps, but it still does not work.
Alsaconf does not ever see my sound card.

What else do I need to do. Will I have to recompile again. I got this far after only 4 trys of compiling, so I guess I should not feel to bad if I have to do it some more.

One thing of note is, I see a big difference in speed on the 2.6.15 kernel, or it sure seems that way but maybe it's me.

Any other recomendations on what else I need to get my sound and the Linksys eithernet card to work...

Thanks a million guys.

Mitch

Here is some info on my Network card, which is a
Network Everywhere NC100 and according from info I found out here on the LO, it is a DECchip Tulip chipset. ( maybe I'll look for it if I have to recompile the kernel). Do I have to recompile again for this to work?

If you didn't compile it as a module or into the kernel the first time, then yes, you'll probably have to compile it again. Basically every time you compile a new version of the kernel you have to re-do all the modules you did that were based on another kernel. I think if you stick with the same version you only have to compile the module once and you can re-use it.

So, check your old kernel configuration to see if you have support for both your sound card and network card compiled (personally I'd do them as modules). They are usually burried somewhere in the configuration, but you'll find them.

And don't feel bad about multiple compilations, that's how you learn... that's how I learned... and I still have to do a minimum of two (usually more) everytime I set up a new system because I'm always forgetting something.