From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262188AbTLSJun (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 04:50:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262251AbTLSJun (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 04:50:43 -0500 Received: from holomorphy.com ([199.26.172.102]:29334 "EHLO holomorphy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262188AbTLSJuk (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 04:50:40 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 01:50:36 -0800 From: William Lee Irwin III To: Alexander Poquet Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.0 fails to complete boot - Sony VAIO laptop Message-ID: <20031219095036.GH31393@holomorphy.com> Mail-Followup-To: William Lee Irwin III , Alexander Poquet , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20031219093021.50D9E1E030CA3@csbd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031219093021.50D9E1E030CA3@csbd.org> Organization: The Domain of Holomorphy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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