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Re: Kernel Compiling on TP A22m



I had a similat issue on my laptop on a custom built kernel because of
the framebuffer. I'd try to compile the kernel without framebuffer (I
think you can start the current kernel with somthing like video=off???).

-g

On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 08:54:37PM -0500, Jeremy Turner wrote:
> After getting Woody to install on my work desktop, I want to put it on
> my laptop (IBM Thinkpad A22m, 2628-OKU).  I have been having the worst
> time compiling the kernel.  I'm using 2.4.18 and after compilation,
> installation, and rebooting, the screen uncompresses the kernel, and
> then the display turns white very very slowly.  I have tried a modular
> and non-modular kernel.  I thought it might be an APM thing, so I
> unmarked them.  I can attach my .config to anyone (off-list) if you're
> interested.
> 
> The strange thing is that the machine seems to boot fine.  I hard reset
> the machine after the screen turned white, then the filesystem (ext2)
> got corrupted.  I would use ext3, but I can't get the 2.4 kernel to
> compile.
> 
> All pre-made kernels that I've tried in the past (Mandrake's 8.1, 8.2,
> Redhat's 7.3, 7.2) have worked just fine.
> 
> Is there something completely obvious that I'm missing?
> 
> Jeremy
> 
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