Re: Make menuconfig broken

Samuel Flory
2003-07-22T17:50:56Z

Roman Zippel wrote:

>Hi,
>
>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Samuel Flory wrote:
>
>
>
>> Try this in 2.6.0-test1:
>>rm .config
>>make mrproper
>>make menuconfig
>>
>> There is no option for CONFIG_VT, and CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE under
>>character devices in "make menuconfig.
>>
>>
>
>Try enabling CONFIG_INPUT.
>
>Vojtech, how about the patch below? This way CONFIG_VT isn't hidden behind
>CONFIG_INPUT, but CONFIG_INPUT is selected if needed.
>

Now that's very confusing. So in order to enable something under the
Character devices menu you need to 1st enable something under "Input
device support". Which for some reason is configured as a module? It
says something that I resorted to editing .config by hand.

Is it too much to ask to make the defaults give us a working
console? Otherwise we will be answering the question of "why does
screen go blank after uncompressing" for the entire 2.6 cycle!! The
number of people who don't want to enable config_vt is fairly small, and
they will be wanting to remove a number of our defaults any way.

--
Once you have their hardware. Never give it back.
(The First Rule of Hardware Acquisition)
Sam Flory <sflory@rackable.com>