2.6.5 blank consoles (tty1-6)

2.6.5 blank consoles (tty1-6)

[Jason Harrison]

Greetings,

Today I upgraded from 2.6.4 to 2.6.5 using my config from 2.6.4.  I have all 
the usual options set for text console such as CONFIG_INPUT=y, CONFIG_VT=y, 
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y, CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y.  However in the 2.6.5 upgrade when 
booting onto this new kernel all my text consoles from tty1-6 are all blank 
after Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20.  This is the last thing I see 
before everything goes blank.  The next thing that pops up is the X server.

Any ideas why this is happening?

Thanks for your time and help.

Regards,
Jason Harrison 

Re: 2.6.5 blank consoles (tty1-6)

[Rafael Pereira]

> Greetings,
> 
> I recompiled the 2.6.5 kernel with the options you specified below.  This 
> however made no change in regard to my situation.  I still have blank tty1-6 
> on my console.  I went back to using 2.6.4 which works fine.  
> 
> Please advise.
> 
> Regards,
> Jason Harrison
> 

Well....

I do not have the exact answer in mind now, but Try to make a Diff
between the 2.6.5 .config and the 2.6.4, i think you surely find the
cuase of this problem.


Rafael.

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Re: 2.6.5 blank consoles (tty1-6)

[Rafael Pereira]

On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 21:07, Jason Harrison wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> Today I upgraded from 2.6.4 to 2.6.5 using my config from 2.6.4.  I have all 
> the usual options set for text console such as CONFIG_INPUT=y, CONFIG_VT=y, 
> CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y, CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y.  However in the 2.6.5 upgrade when 
> booting onto this new kernel all my text consoles from tty1-6 are all blank 
> after Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20.  This is the last thing I see 
> before everything goes blank.  The next thing that pops up is the X server.
> 
> Any ideas why this is happening?
> 
> Thanks for your time and help.
> 
> Regards,
> Jason Harrison 

I saw it now. Try to enable this:

CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y

I think it's gonna work now.


Rafael.



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