On 03/12/14 10:19, Merell L. Matlock, Jr. wrote:
> On 03/12/14 10:54, Armin K. wrote:
>> On 03/12/2014 03:46 PM, rhubarbpie...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> I've built LFS 7.5 with the 3.13.3 kernel but receive a blank screen
>>> upon booting. As an experiment, I unselected AGP Support in my kernel
>>> configuration and can successfully boot. My thinking was perhaps
>>> there's a problem with AGP support.
>>>
>>> However, as I'm running LFS/BLFS 7.4, I compiled that 3.10.10 kernel in
>>> my LFS 7.5 build and CAN successfully with with AGP support. I compiled
>>> the kernel with the same .config I used when compiling the LFS 7.5
>>> 3.13.3 kernel. I also received a blank screen with the 3.13.5 kernel,
>>> so the problem isn't unique to 3.13.3.
>>>
>>> It appears there's a problem with newer kernels. However, I certainly
>>> can't ignore the possibility of user error, as that's my "talent." A
>>> few questions:
>>>
>>> Does it make sense it's a kernel version problem?
>>>
>>> If not, what might I have done wrong?
>>>
>>> Will there be problems running an older kernel (3.10.10) than the kernel
>>> with which I built LFS 7.5 (3.13.3)?
>>>
>> Have you enabled framebuffer console? CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
>>
> Similar problem with me; mine was radeon related. I had to blacklist
> (/etc/blacklist.conf) the radeon module in 7.4 until I had finished
> building X and Mesa. I also spent almost a week before I found out that
> I also needed firmware for my card as well. Once I had all the pieces
> in place, I removed the radeon entry from the blacklist, and it boots
> fine, with the open-source drivers. I test-built 7.5 RC-1, leaving
> radeon totally out of the kernel config, and it booted fine. I've been
> off on an arc-tangent for awhile, and I'll get back to 7.5 later.
>
> Merell Matlock
Yes, CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE is enabled.
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