From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270856AbTGPKE5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2003 06:04:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270860AbTGPKE5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2003 06:04:57 -0400 Received: from raq465.uk2net.com ([213.239.56.46]:24075 "EHLO mail.truemesh.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270856AbTGPKE4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2003 06:04:56 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:13:21 +0100 From: Paul Nasrat To: Il Skurko Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davej@codemonkey.org.uk Subject: Re: Thinkpad T23: linux 2.5.x/2.6.0-test won't boot Message-ID: <20030716101321.GD1141@raq465.uk2net.com> Mail-Followup-To: Paul Nasrat , Il Skurko , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davej@codemonkey.org.uk References: <20030716100841.48619.qmail@mail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030716100841.48619.qmail@mail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 05:08:41AM -0500, Il Skurko wrote: > After selecting the kernel in the grub menu, > it only gets as far as to writing "Decompressing kernel... > Booting kernel.". Then there is no more text > output. The harddisk led indicates it continues > with something though, but it does not respond > to keyboard input (so I have to swith the computer > off). This is a known problem, I'd advise you to read the post-halloween doc but Dave Jones seems to be rebuilding/upgrading codemonkey :) The url should be: http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt Here is the appropriate snippet Known gotchas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Certain known bugs are being reported over and over. Here are the workarounds. - Blank screen after decompressing kernel? Make sure your .config has CONFIG_INPUT=y, CONFIG_VT=y, CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y and CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y Paul