My lilo entry have vga=788. I don't recall the failsafe entry (whatever default the system makes it as during install). I haven't tried starting throught the no-framebuffer entry as yet. I could try that this evening.
Is there a framebuffer issue with the 0.18 kernel? praedor --- Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > are you trying to use a frame buffer? vga=normal? > > On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 09:54, Praedor Tempus wrote: > > I have built and installed the 2.4.21-0.18mdk > kernel > > three times now without error. I have also > generated > > the initrd and run lilo with success post build. > Thus > > far it has been impossible to bootup the kernel, > > however. I can bootup my stock 2.4.21-0.13mdk and > > -0.13mdkcustom but cannot begin to boot > > 2.4.21-0.18mdkcustom (same config as > -0.13mdkcustom). > > All I get is a black/blank screen after lilo. No > > errors, no kernel panic message, nothing. Then, > after > > about 2 seconds, the system reboots and this cycle > > will continue forever (linux default bootup of > > course). I cannot even start it in failsafe. > > At the moment I am back to 2.4.21-0.13mdkcustom > > until/unless I can get a working -0.18mdk build. > My > > system is an AMD Athlon XP2700+ with MSI KT333 > mobo. > > Mandrake 9.1 with all the pertinent updates save > the > > kernel, of course. > > Anyone see this sort of thing before? Have any > > ideas how to get a bootup or even a kernel panic > out > > of this? > > praedor > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > -- > Jack Coates > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... > http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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