On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 12:45, Daevid Vincent wrote: > New to Gentoo, recently switching from RedHat8. I'm having all kinds of > issues with 2.6.3 kernel and Grub. I have a Dell i8200 notebook w/ Nvidia > GeForce. > > I can compile the 2.6.3 kernel no problem. I move it to /boot and edit > grub.conf. I am NOT using initrd. My root=/dev/hda3 > > When I reboot, I choose this kernel but I get either a "fractal" looking > window in the middle of the screen that seems to want to show some text, but > I can't see it. But if I type, I see a "cursor" blemish move around. > > I have gotten a tiny penguin to show up, but all text was black on black. > Same thing as above. > > In both cases, I cannot switch terminals either. > > My 2.4.22 works fine. > > What could be the problem??!
You could try to build a kernel with genkernel (save your old config) then compare the configuration files and lsmod output. I would send you my config, but I built with genkernel and it's got the kitchen sink in it, so you might as well just do a genkernel build yourself to see. Hope this helps, -Collin -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Collin Starkweather, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
