From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Flemming Greve Skovengaard Subject: Re: Compiled new kernel, Gnome not working Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:34:37 +0100 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3FE6E4DD.4030402@vip.cybercity.dk> References: <3FE30ACA.6080901@vip.cybercity.dk> <3FE419E6.3090203@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <3FE419E6.3090203@comcast.net> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie 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 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? >> > > > > . > -- Flemming Greve Skovengaard Just a few small tears between a.k.a Greven Someone happy and one sad Just a thin line drawn between 4168.08 BogoMIPS Being a genius or insane - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs