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gentoonoob25
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 Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:26 am Post subject: boot errors after grub (unsolved) |
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after i boot into grub i select my gentoo kernel and boot into that after i select it gentoo boots and after like 2 minutes the screen just goes blank
im using grub and the configuration is:
default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.14-gentoo-r2 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.14-gentoo-r12
i have an ATI x800 XL graphics card
i dont know how to fix this problem
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cheater1034
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:46 am Post subject: |
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Your boot partiton is hda1?
You dont need /boot, only (hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz, etc 
You want to use, this config
| Code: | default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.14-gentoo-r2 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev
initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.14-gentoo-r12 |
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gentoonoob25
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| i did that and it didnt fix the problem i still get the blank screen after i select gentoo in grub i dont know how to fix this |
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cheater1034
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| gentoonoob25 wrote: | | i did that and it didnt fix the problem i still get the blank screen after i select gentoo in grub i dont know how to fix this |
The blank screen sounds truly like it cant find the splash? when it goes to a blank screen, press enter and it might boot up, just cant find the splash.
try commenting out the splashimage line, to see if this is the case.
| Code: | | # splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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gentoonoob25
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:07 am Post subject: |
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sorry maybe i didnt explain this right:
my computer after i boot i select gentoo and it boots into gentoo and the screen goes blank i dont think it has anything to do with grub
im out of the bootloader at the time the screen goes blank
im were gentoo boots its modules or what it does
i do get that purple screen but after gentoo boots i cant see anything |
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cheater1034
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| gentoonoob25 wrote: | sorry maybe i didnt explain this right:
my computer after i boot i select gentoo and it boots into gentoo and the screen goes blank i dont think it has anything to do with grub
im out of the bootloader at the time the screen goes blank
im were gentoo boots its modules or what it does
i do get that purple screen but after gentoo boots i cant see anything |
oh ok, I thought a bootloader problem - anyway, genkernel right?
did you configure it to use any form of splash to boot? if so you may need the 'vga=791' line, and if you specified a gensplash, e.g. livecd-2005.1, you need the splash=silent,theme:livecd-2005.1 quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 lines, I have little experience with genkernel, except I use it for my kernel on the LiveCD because it makes a more compatible initrd.
Look over your kernel configuration, make sure all appropriate filesystems are selected, and make sure that in device drivers > graphics support, anything that needs to be configured, is.
Again, it might be some simple thing with genkernel, but my experience with that is minimal
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| I dont know how to do that if you could go through a step by step on how to do this that would be appericated |
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