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 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- +-----------------------+--------------------------+ | Graziano Obertelli | CS Dept. Rm 2151 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | University of California | | (805) 893-4384 | Santa Barbara, CA 93106 | +-----------------------+--------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
