Compiled new kernel, Gnome not working

Compiled new kernel, Gnome not working

[Flemming Greve Skovengaard]

Hi all.

I just changed to kernel 2.6.0 from kernel 2.4.22 and now Gnome won't start. All
I get is the splash screen and nothing else happens. I had the same problem when
I changed from 2.2 to 2.4. Back then I "solved" the problem by re-installing.

Is there anyone who knows, or have an idea about, what the problem is?

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RE: Compiled new kernel, Gnome not working

[Ricardo Jorge Veludo]

Do you have frame buffer? There seems do be a problem with fb in 2.6.0
kernel.


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| Flemming Greve Skovengaard
| Sent: sexta-feira, 19 de Dezembro de 2003 14:27
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| Subject: Compiled new kernel, Gnome not working
| 
| Hi all.
| 
| I just changed to kernel 2.6.0 from kernel 2.4.22 and now 
| Gnome won't start. All I get is the splash screen and nothing 
| else happens. I had the same problem when I changed from 2.2 
| to 2.4. Back then I "solved" the problem by re-installing.
| 
| Is there anyone who knows, or have an idea about, what the problem is?
| 
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| a.k.a Greven                             Belief without 
| evidence in what is told
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| without knowledge,
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Re: Compiled new kernel, Gnome not working

[Beolach]

What type of video card do you have?  If you have a nvidia card & use 
nvidia's drivers, you will need to reinstall the driver module after 
compiling a new kernel version.  Also, is it just gnome that won't 
start, or X?  In the case I'm describing, X won't start at all.

If you do have a nvidia card, and want to install their drivers, note 
that nvidia has not yet released a 2.6 compatible driver.  However, the 
website <http://www.minion.de/nvidia.html> has unofficial patches for 
use with 2.6 kernels.  I've been using them since 2.6.0-test9 without 
any problem.  Also,  now that 2.6.0 has been officially released, nvidia 
should be releasing a compatible driver soon (I would guess).

HTH,
Conway S. Smith

Flemming Greve Skovengaard wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I just changed to kernel 2.6.0 from kernel 2.4.22 and now Gnome won't 
> start. All
> I get is the splash screen and nothing else happens. I had the same 
> problem when
> I changed from 2.2 to 2.4. Back then I "solved" the problem by 
> re-installing.
> 
> Is there anyone who knows, or have an idea about, what the problem is?
> 


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Re: Compiled new kernel, Gnome not working

[Flemming Greve Skovengaard]

No, I don't have frame buffer support and I have a ATI Radeon 8500 graphics
card. The only solution that comes to mind, and don't hade me if it is stupid,
is that I have to re-compile X, Gnome or both with the new kernel.

Beolach wrote:
> What type of video card do you have?  If you have a nvidia card & use 
> nvidia's drivers, you will need to reinstall the driver module after 
> compiling a new kernel version.  Also, is it just gnome that won't 
> start, or X?  In the case I'm describing, X won't start at all.
> 
> If you do have a nvidia card, and want to install their drivers, note 
> that nvidia has not yet released a 2.6 compatible driver.  However, the 
> website <http://www.minion.de/nvidia.html> has unofficial patches for 
> use with 2.6 kernels.  I've been using them since 2.6.0-test9 without 
> any problem.  Also,  now that 2.6.0 has been officially released, nvidia 
> should be releasing a compatible driver soon (I would guess).
> 
> HTH,
> Conway S. Smith
> 
> Flemming Greve Skovengaard wrote:
> 
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I just changed to kernel 2.6.0 from kernel 2.4.22 and now Gnome won't 
>> start. All
>> I get is the splash screen and nothing else happens. I had the same 
>> problem when
>> I changed from 2.2 to 2.4. Back then I "solved" the problem by 
>> re-installing.
>>
>> Is there anyone who knows, or have an idea about, what the problem is?
>>
> 
> 
> 
> .
> 

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Re: Compiled new kernel, Gnome not working

[Axel Siebenwirth]

Hi Flemming!

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Flemming Greve Skovengaard wrote:

> No, I don't have frame buffer support and I have a ATI Radeon 8500 graphics
> card. The only solution that comes to mind, and don't hade me if it is 
> stupid,
> is that I have to re-compile X, Gnome or both with the new kernel.

First make sure you have checked all log files to see where the problem
might be.

Check 
1) output of "dmesg"
2) /var/log/XFree86.0.log
3) /var/log/messages, /var/log/syslog
3) <home>/.xsession-errors

for suspicious messages.

I have no problems changing from 2.4 to 2.6.


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Re: Compiled new kernel, Gnome not working

[Beolach]

Flemming Greve Skovengaard wrote:
> No, I don't have frame buffer support and I have a ATI Radeon 8500 graphics
> card. The only solution that comes to mind, and don't hade me if it is 
> stupid,
> is that I have to re-compile X, Gnome or both with the new kernel.
> 

I would guess that you should not have to re-compile X or Gnome.  If you
have an ATI card, I don't have any personal experience with potential
problems, but here's something else (you might already have done) I
thought might be a cause of your current problem.  Check if your kernel
has the ATI chipset support compiled in with the command

	zgrep CONFIG_AGP_ATI /proc/config.gz

or else (if /proc/config.gz doesn't exist)

	grep CONFIG_AGP_ATI .config

in your 2.6.0 source directory.

Also check for CONFIG_DRM & CONFIG_DRM_RADEON in the same way.  All of
these options are required for X to work with hardware acceleration of
an ATI Radeon card.

Wish you luck,
Conway S. Smith

OT P.S.
The /proc/config.gz file is a new feature of the 2.6 kernels that I
think is a great idea.  It shows the kernel config file that was used
to compile the currently running kernel.  But it is optional, and may
not exist on all systems.

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