Hi Trevor, It's going to a blank screen really too fast too tell. I believe its going to frame buffer though just because of the way the screen looks. The black screen actually seems like it's a bit lighter than it would normally be if it was just going to text mode. I've used frame buffer before, and it's the same shade of black. I'll try your suggestions and see if they work. Failing that I will try booting with my old kernel to retrieve some logs.
Thanks for the tips. :-) Regards, Brian H. -----Original Message----- From: Trevor Lauder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 8:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: (clug-talk) Linux Kernel 2.6 (Test 9) I run my console at 1280x1024 so I use the command: video=mtrr,vesa:1280x1024 vga=0x31a I also use the command: vga=791 on servers that I need to use 1024x768 on. You can append those commands to the end of the kernel line in edit mode in Grub. Is it already going into Framebuffer mode or text mode? Or does it go blank too fast to tell? Cheers, Trevor Brian Horncastle said: > > I haven't tried passing "vga=<something>" to the kernel yet. I know how > to do that with Lilo, but not sure with Grub. If I go under edit for > this line in Grub any idea what I'd need to append to the line? > > Regards, > > Brian H. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Trevor Lauder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 7:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Kernel 2.6 (Test 9) > > My server at home has been running the 2.6 Test kernels since they > started > releasing them. So far, I'm quite impressed. It's a Pentium II 400 > with > half a gig of RAM and it takes a lot less time to compile the 2.6 test > kernels then it did to compile 2.4.x. I also like how they reorganized > the menuconfig options, I haven't played around with the QT config stuff > yet since I don't have X or any of the QT libraries installed on my > server. I'll probably try it out this week sometime though on my > desktop. > I haven't had any problems with what you are experiencing but I would > guess it would be something with the framebuffer stuff too. Have you > tried passing vga=<something> to the kernel? Good luck. > > Cheers, > > Trevor > > > Brian Horncastle said: >> Hi all, >> >> I compiled and installed the 2.6 kernel, test 9 tonight. Not one > error >> this time! Yay! After starting Linux I'm just getting a blank screen >> though. Think I may have botched something with the frame buffer >> options in the config. Any one else played around with the 2.6 kernel >> yet? Any thoughts? >> >> Tomorrow when I have more time I'll boot up with my old kernel and > take >> a look at the logs. >> >> Regards, >> >> Brian H. >> >> >> >> > > > >
