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fdelente n00b
Joined: 04 Oct 2012 Posts: 40
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 8:10 am Post subject: Black screen on boot when switching to framebuffer |
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Hello.
I'm installing on a new machine that has an "Intel 3rd Gen Core" for chipset, PCI ids
I have compiled the 3.7.0 kernel that came when I webrsync'ed (no 3.9.0 ??)
I have tried enabling the VESA framebuffer module, the intelfb module, none of them or both of them, but I can't get anything on the screen. I don't even know if the kernel boots ok or not, since I can't ssh into the box due to networking problems too (only wifi works out of the box, ethernet needs the alx module that is not included in the kernel; but wifi needs wpa_supplicant and I can't get it to start on boot).
Any hints on this? Can I get a text-mode only console, so that I can see what happens on boot?
Thanks. |
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VoidMage Watchman
Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 6196
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 8:24 am Post subject: |
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Section Kernel modesetting + a couple dozen of threads on this forum.
Also, that's one dysfunctional kernel you've built. |
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fdelente n00b
Joined: 04 Oct 2012 Posts: 40
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 10:50 am Post subject: |
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Thanks but your answer is not helping, I wouldn't have posted if I hadn't read threads on this topic, and not found answers in them.
Why do you send me a page on X when I have trouble with the console framebuffer ?? I haven't even installed X yet ! |
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s4e8 Guru
Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 311
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 11:22 am Post subject: |
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The page say the detail: you must enable KMS, and KMS require fbcon. You didn't enable fbcon, so no console at all. |
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Hu Moderator
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21518
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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OP: if the advice given so far does not help, please upload a comment stripped version of your kernel configuration to a pastebin so that we can see exactly what you have built. You can use grep -e '^[^#]' .config | wgetpaste to strip comments and upload it. |
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fdelente n00b
Joined: 04 Oct 2012 Posts: 40
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Hu, I finally succeeded in reenabling the console.
Thanks for your offer to help, much more agreeable to read this than this « advocate » answer (advocate to what, righteousness ??) |
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VoidMage Watchman
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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fdelente wrote: | Thanks for your offer to help, much more agreeable to read this than this « advocate » answer (advocate to what, righteousness ??) |
No, independent thinking.
Yes, that's sometimes quite hard. |
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Jaglover Watchman
Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 8291 Location: Saint Amant, Acadiana
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VoidMage Watchman
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 2:18 am Post subject: |
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On the other hand, the guide could use some refreshing - I'm nearly certain, that most of the referenced radeon firmware is already shipped with the recent kernels (or rather has been for awhile). |
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fdelente n00b
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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> No, independent thinking.
Ok, so basically « you're on your own » and « RTFM ». Thanks for nothing.
> Yes, that's sometimes quite hard.
LOL !! :^) Not surprising remark. |
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