Got nothing after boot the new kernel

markluocanada · 12-25-2006, 09:32 AM

I followed Shilo's post to compile 2.6.19.1 kernel, but when I boot the new kernel, I got nothing from the screen,, it is actually a black screen, I can only see the light for HDD is flashing, which indicating the booting process might be going OK....

I can get into the 2.4.33.3 kernel, but a black screen for new kernel,,can someone tell me why this is happening....? Did I mess up the video card setup during my kernel compiling?

THnaksk

Mark

reddazz · 12-25-2006, 11:16 AM

Did you compile the framebuffer stuff into the kernel?

markluocanada · 12-25-2006, 06:57 PM

I guess not, and there are so many options, and I read through most of them and found all mentioned by Shilo had been built in by default, so I think 2.6.19.1 kernel default everything I need and therefore,,,

I will give it try again later..

Reddaz,, do you mind telling me what benefits will I get for updating to kernel 2.6 from 2.4, other than more hardware supported?

Thanks..

mattydee · 12-25-2006, 10:05 PM

I was having the same problem, so I used a config file from:

http://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/sla...generic-2.6.18

Its 2.6.18, I know, but it worked for me. I of course modified important settings for my hardware (processor, etc).

Another thing you should consider is that you do NOT want to compile your file system support as module. Meaning that if you are booting into a ReiserFS for example, then you would say yes for Reiser FS support rather than M. I made this mistake an got a kernel panic...

Good luck.

reddazz · 12-26-2006, 10:00 AM

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Reddaz,, do you mind telling me what benefits will I get for updating to kernel 2.6 from 2.4, other than more hardware supported?

Some people choose a 2.4 kernel because they believe the code is more stable than the 2.6 kernel, but this is debatable. Use whichever kernel you want as long as all your hardware is supported. I personally use the 2.6 kernel because thats the default on most distros these days.

cdale77 · 12-26-2006, 08:33 PM

What's your graphics card?

I had a very similar problem while building a kernel to work on my laptop. It took me a while to figure it out, but basically the problem was the framebuffer options in my kernel config. I recompiled (2.6.19.1 is working really well) my kernel, and unchecked all the options relating to graphics support. This worked. Then I installed the NVIDIA modules, and everything was fine.

You might troubleshoot by compiling without any graphics support at all. It worked for me.

markluocanada · 12-31-2006, 09:18 AM

thanks guys,, sorry for the late reply, as the Taiwan earthquake severely affect the internet connet between asia countries with the European ones..

I finally got this working, and it is right,, I forgot to check al the framebuffer options..

thanks,,