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seto n00b
Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Posts: 25 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 8:14 pm Post subject: gentoo-sources won't boot |
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hi there
i'm having this annoying problem since i installed gentoo.
at first, i wanted to try out the gentoo kernel (emerge gentoo-sources), but after compiling/installing the system would freeze just after printing
Loading Linux... Uncompressing Linux...
and could not determine whether this was caused by a misconfiguration, a bug in the sourcecode, a bug in gcc or a hardware problem
now i'm using vanilla sources 2.4.20, but i would really like to give the cool additional features a try.
my only idea what could be wrong is the framebuffer. i still have to investigate this, but afaik radeonfb is set to "Module" and VESA should not set a default mode if you don't instruct it to do so (or am i wrong?)
if you want me to post my kernel config, please say so, but i rather do not because of the size.
my system:
Athlon XP2100+
256MB DDR333
VIA KT400 (ASUS A7V8X)
btw: i chose athlon xp gcc>3.1 as cpu type in the kernel setup (gcc version is 3.2.3) |
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stustill Guru
Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 333 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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seto:
I would try recompiling your kernel without radeonfb, just the normal VESA. Also, you will need to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf, so that it knows what resolution and colour depth to use. Here is the appropriate section of grub as defined in my grub.conf:
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title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,5)
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda7 hdd=ide-scsi vga=0x317 video=1024x768@72
initrd=/boot/initrd-1024x768
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Notice that I set vga=0x317 (ie 1024x768x16) and also I set video to the same resolution. The initrd line is if you want to use a bootsplash.
Hope that helps a bit
Stu
(Also, I can recommend greatly gaming-sources ) |
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