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Hi,

i've a little problem with the kernel 2.5.59. i downloaded the sources, made
a menuconfig and compiled and installed the kernel and the modules. at the
reboot my lilo loaded the kernel without any error, but my screen left black
(the computer boots normally). it reacts an keyboard actions as normal.

i tried the same with another (test) computer and i got the same problem: no
screen... and at this computer even no keyboard reactions.

what could i have fogotten?

i'm working with a SuSE 7.3 system on a asus board with 2 ppro-processors.
my hdd runs on a CMD (i built the driver directly into the kernel)
ata-raid-controller (as single drive).

thanks a while
  NetRacer

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Quote:> Hi,

> i've a little problem with the kernel 2.5.59. i downloaded the sources, made
> a menuconfig and compiled and installed the kernel and the modules. at the
> reboot my lilo loaded the kernel without any error, but my screen left black
> (the computer boots normally). it reacts an keyboard actions as normal.

> i tried the same with another (test) computer and i got the same problem: no
> screen... and at this computer even no keyboard reactions.

> what could i have fogotten?

You didn't mention this, but I think the framebuffer system is a bit
broken in the 2.5 series at the moment.  Try to enable vga console and
see if that gives you screen output.

For the keyboard, the 2.5 kernel is a bit screwy with it's options to
get it working.  You need to enable all the following options for
standart (AT) keyboards:

[*] Serial i/o support (needed for keyboard and mouse)
[*]   i8042 PC Keyboard controller
[*]   Serial port line discipline
- --- Input Device Drivers
[*] Keyboards
[*]   AT keyboard support

I would think that the first system you tried had a USB keyboard,
which wouldn't need these to function (except for the obvious
Keyboards option above).

Hope this helps.

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burton samograd

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Quote:> You didn't mention this, but I think the framebuffer system is a bit
> broken in the 2.5 series at the moment. Try to enable vga console and
> see if that gives you screen output.

i only enabled the vga console... no frame buffer device

Quote:

> For the keyboard, the 2.5 kernel is a bit screwy with it's options to
> get it working. You need to enable all the following options for
> standart (AT) keyboards:

> [*] Serial i/o support (needed for keyboard and mouse)
> [*] i8042 PC Keyboard controller
> [*] Serial port line discipline
> - --- Input Device Drivers
> [*] Keyboards
> [*] AT keyboard support

> I would think that the first system you tried had a USB keyboard,
> which wouldn't need these to function (except for the obvious
> Keyboards option above).

no, all computer are running with simple AT keyboards (i hat usb keyboards
:-))

Quote:> Hope this helps.

thanks a lot... but i think, thats not the solution on my problem... i'll
have to continue try... ;-)

Greetings

NetRacer