On 05/24/2014 01:20 PM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > Hi all, > > Since kernel 3.12.13 (3.12.13-gentoo), the kernel boot messages have > disappeared, i.e. they are no longer displayed at boot time. All I get > is a line like "Loading kernel 3.12.13". (I just upgraded to > 3.12.20-gentoo, so now it's something like "Loading kernel 3.12.20".) > > I have no idea why. I checked my grub config and it does not add a > "quiet" argument. I see nothing in /etc/rc.conf about quiet (or > verbose). And X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP is set to 'y'. I also looked for > "quiet", "boot", and "messages" (while running "make xconfig") and > nothing untoward showed up. > > How do I get back to a normal and sane boot process?
What is the next thing you see after "Loading kernel 3.12.20" ? What was the last kernel that booted normally? Does it still boot normally? The kernel config files for each kernel are installed as /boot/config-3.12.nn so you can compare them to see what changed.
