On 20/12/16 06:08, marc wrote:
Hi devuanfanboy,
Thanks but no, that dind't work.
I have also had an interesting time getting the devuan beta to
run with a newer kernel.
In my case I have forgone the entire initrd, and built the newest
stable kernel from kernel.org with the necessary drivers built in.
In some kernel configurations the system boots into a blank screen.
In others X doesn't come up.
I suspect (but can't confirm) that it has something to do with how
the framebuffer or related kernel graphics drivers are initialised.
I think there was some sort of changeover between the old style
framebuffers and simpleframebuffer ? Please regard this as a
rumor, and somebody correct me if it is obviously wrong - as I
haven't gotten around to looking at it more. For the record: I was
doing this on an intel graphics chipset.
Just as a test, try CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION=y
I had a hells own time upgrading an older system to a newer kernel and
not getting any console until I enabled that legacy option.
It might help, then again maybe not. Your post just triggered me to look
back through my upgrade notes. I think that came in around 4.4 (ish).
Regards,
Brad
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