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Philip Blundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hm. That works. The kernel now boots (but switchs to 640x480, how can I
> >let it take other video modes?).
>
> If you're using a NetWinder, see Rod's reply. If it's a RiscPC (which I'd got
> the idea it was for some reason), look at acornfb.c not cyber2000fb.c.
Well it is a riscpc, I said it in the very first mail. I also already found
that, and the 12x22 Sun font on 1152x864 pixels looks much nicer ... But it
does not help much if it does not let me login !
> >Unfortunately it does not let me login,
> >if I type in the password it writes a line, deletes the screen and shows the
> >login screen again.
>
> Did you include the FP emulator and all that good stuff? The old binary module
> that you used with 2.0 won't work; you should probably compile NWFPE into the kernel
> instead.
>
> >But I have another problem with the new kernel: It does not want to load
> >the modules, for instance the fpemulator because they have a wrong kernel
> >version. They are 2.0.59 it says, strange.
>
> You cannot mix modules and kernels freely. In general it will work most of
> the time to load modules on a kernel with the same major revision (eg modules
> >from 2.2.5 would work on a 2.2.6 kernel) but between 2.0 and 2.2 there is
> basically no hope. You must install the modules that were built with the
> new kernel. If you don't have source and can't get updated binaries you are
> out of luck.
Well I compiled the kernel and the modules by myself, but I did not know
that I need a new FPEmulator. So I downloaded it from ftp.arm.linux.org.uk.
Now it complains no more about wrong versions, but does not print something
about the fpe module loaded as the old kernel did. It also does not let me
login. I also included nwfpe as module, but it did not help. I also compiled
a kernel with all things included, not as modules, but that had also no
effect. If I tell you that compiling a kernel lasts about 1.5 hours on
my RiscPC you know that I wasted a lot of time for nothing.
Another thing I noticed is that there is no module dependencies file in
/lib/modules/2.2.3 as is in 2.0.35. Can that be the problem? But if yes
how do I get it there?
Another problem is: how do I change the link to the fpe module to the old
fpe module so that I can boot again with my 2.0.35 kernel? My solution was
until now doing an update via ftp.arm.linux.org.uk and the installation
disks, but that also lasts some time.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to tell the people and me how to configure
a kernel that will run on a riscpc. How can I know what is needed?
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Peter Teichmann
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