Re: Loongson console display text
Op 20100824 om 21:58 schreef Tzafrir Cohen:
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 07:53:47PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> >
> > Meanwhile there is a Debian kernel for Loongson
> > Still in 'exprimental', but it exists. Just do
> > cd /tmp
> > wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-2.6.35-trunk-loongson-2f_2.6.35-1~experimental.2_mipsel.deb
> > wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-base_2.6.35-1~experimental.2_all.deb
> > dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.35-trunk-loongson-2f_2.6.35-1~experimental.2_mipsel.deb linux-base_2.6.35-1~experimental.2_all.deb
> > to get it installed.
>
> I tried upgrading to it. It fails to boot here.
>
> I decided I'll stick with pmon for the moment and only switch to grub
> once I see the kernel works, so I'm still with pmon.
For me works pmon fine ( and have no reason to switch to grub or other
bootloader )
> In /boot/boot.cfg I have, among others: The default entry that works:
>
> title Linux 2.6.33-rc2
> kernel /dev/fs/ext2@wd0/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33-rc2
> args console=tty root=/dev/hda1
My fuloong has
title debian 2.6.35
kernel (wd0,0)/boot/vmlinux-2.6.35-trunk-loongson-2f
args console=tty root=/dev/sda1
( Note the '(wd0,0)' that indicates the boot device partition )
> And the new one that doesn't:
>
> title Linux 2.6.35 (Experimental)
> kernel /dev/fs/ext2@wd0/boot/vmlinux-2.6.35-trunk-loongson-2f
> args console=tty root=/dev/hda1
> initrd /dev/fs/ext2@wd0/boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-trunk-loongson-2f
>
> Without the initrd it just paniced quickly. Now I just get a black
> screen. The disk works for quite some time, but I fail to get any other
> response. After two minutes or so the disk LED is no longer lit, so I
> suppose the system has finished booting, but I can't even get a reply to
> a ping.
>
> So I guess that my first question is: what can I do to have the console
> proprly display text? Anybody else has that problem?
I have console text at the VGA connector ( but didn't try the other
video output connectors on my fuloong )
> The package I have is
> linux-image-2.6.35-trunk-loongson-2f 2.6.35-1~experimental.2
And what hardware are we talking about???
Geert Stappers
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