Re: Can't boot a 2.6 kernel..

Thomas Davis
2004-01-29T19:44:07Z

Erik Mouw wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 11:18:09AM -0800, Thomas Davis wrote:
>
>>Ok, I'm trying to get a 2.6 kernel to boot on my desktop here at work.
>>
>>I have tried 3 different kernels - 2.6.1, 2.6.2rc1, and arjanv's 2.6.1
>>kernel.
>>
>>After the grub prompt, I get the grub kernel description, and then..
>>
>>Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch.
>>
>>2.4 kernels boot and works fine; I've attached the dmesg output of one of
>>it's boots.
>>
>>Any ideas on what to try?
>
>
> I hope you read the post-halloween document, especially the part about
> "Known gotchas"? See http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt
>

Not it.

[root@lanshark linux-2.6.1]# egrep CONFIG_VGA\|CONFIG_INPUT\|CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE\|CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE .config
CONFIG_INPUT=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=m
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV=m
CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV=m
CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV_SCREEN_X=240
CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV_SCREEN_Y=320
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=m
CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG=m
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK=y
CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDUMP=m
CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MISC=y
CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR=m
CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT=m
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y