Re: The Custom Kernel that Wouldn't Boot.

[Dimitri Maziuk <dmaziuk@yola.bmrb.wisc.edu>]

* Timothy R. Butler (tbutler@uninetsolutions.com) spake thusly:
> Hi everyone, 
>   I've been trying to compile a custom kernel to use the Linux Progress Patch 
> Gordon Fraser was nice to provide me with, and also to optimize the kernel 
> for my Pentium II processor. 
> 
>   However, I seem to have a kernel that refuses to boot. Once it starts the 
> frame buffer, it simple quits doing anything (this is the case with or 
> without the Linux Progress Patch.

Yesterday I found out that kernel won't load if there's an error
in video mode spec: I had rgba line in /etc/fb.modes that worked
with 2.4.10, but 2.4.18 refused to load until I commented the
line out.

Try compiling framebuffer as a module. Remove "video=" from 
lilo.conf, try booting. If it boots, modprobe framebuffer 
driver and use fbset to change video mode. Pay attention to 
error messages. Once you find the mode that works, recompile 
with framebuffer built-in and put the "video=" back into 
lilo.conf.

Of course, if it refuses to boot without fb, the problem is
somewhere else.

Dima
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