On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 11:18 AM, ashish raste <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi all, > > Recently I compiled and tried installing kernel (2.6.39.3), which I > downloaded from kernel.org > All the activity that I did was to copy the .config file of my distro > (Ubuntu 10.10), then the following commands : > > - make menuconfig ( I exited, keeping the default configuration ) > - make modules > - make install_modules > - make install > - update grub > > All of the above commands got executed without any errors, and the new > kernel version was also shown in the grub menu. But it showed some > errors and didn't login. > > When I tried logging to my Ubuntu distro, a blue login box(which is > normally violet in color) appeared. After giving password, it came > back again to the same screen without going inside. > > Only thing I was able to do was to dropping in root mode (from > Ubuntu's recovery mode u\in the grub menu) and looking at all of my > data through terminal without a GUI. > > Can anyone tell how can I recover my compiled kernel and distro's kernel? > > I think you should rather ask this question on ubuntu mailing list. it hardly seems a kernel issue. its mostly an X related problem. secondly, try to look into log messages e.g. dmesg and /var/log/message(not sure about the location on ubuntu though) thirdly, its possible that .config is incorrect. with this info, one can hardly tell what is going on. > Thankyou. > > > -- > ~Cheers!! > Ashish Raste > > Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. > -Sir Albert Einstein > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies >
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