From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
To: Alexander Poquet <atp@csbd.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.0 fails to complete boot - Sony VAIO laptop
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 01:50:36 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031219095036.GH31393@holomorphy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031219093021.50D9E1E030CA3@csbd.org>
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 09:40:32AM +0000, Alexander Poquet wrote:
> I downloaded and compiled the stock 2.6.0 kernel (no patches applied) and
> attempted to get it to boot on my Sony VAIO laptop (which is running Debian
> testing). I followed the instructions in README and checked all the relevant
> software in Documentation/Changes; I believe I'm doing everything
> correctly. I always compile my own kernel.
> Initially, it appeared to not get passed the Loading Linux.... phase;
> the screen would simply blank. Setting vga=normal however
> demonstrated that the kernel does in fact begin to boot before
> becoming unresponsive; however, the screen still blanks and does so
> too quickly for me to see any relevant printks.
Could you post your lilo.conf and/or grub.conf and /etc/fstab?
-- wli
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-19 9:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-19 1:30 2.6.0 fails to complete boot - Sony VAIO laptop Alexander Poquet
2003-12-19 9:50 ` William Lee Irwin III [this message]
2003-12-19 16:48 ` Ray Lee
2003-12-22 16:58 ` John L Fjellstad
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2003-12-19 1:58 Alexander Poquet
2003-12-19 10:16 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-20 21:45 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2003-12-19 2:18 Alexander Poquet
2003-12-19 10:28 ` William Lee Irwin III
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[not found] ` <14qd7-5Fl-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-12-19 13:53 ` Lenar Lõhmus
2003-12-19 16:51 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-12-19 20:09 Alexander Poquet
2003-12-21 23:29 ` Adam Belay
2003-12-20 7:32 Jim McCloskey
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