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bsolar
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 Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:05 pm Post subject: Problems with development-sources |
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I can't manage to get them working.
"make menuconfig" works, then I configure, I exit, I "make clean bzImage modules modules_install" and everything goes well. I cp the bzImage to /boot.
I try to boot and I get the "uncompressing bzImage...ok booting." and a blinking cursor. It stays there, the cursor stil blinking and I can hear the HD working, I assume doing the boot process (the network card at some poit blinks, I assume getting the IP).
BTW. I cannot do nothing, even trying to issue blind commands doesn't work.
What I am missing?
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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well "make dep" for a start 
can't tell without knowing your hardware and what you selected in your kernel.
what version kernel btw ?
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bsolar
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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| taskara wrote: | | well "make dep" for a start |
| Code: | # make dep
*** Warning: make dep is unnecessary now. |
| Quote: | | can't tell without knowing your hardware and what you selected in your kernel. |
I have a Dell Inspiron 4100 with a Pentium3 M 1GHz 512MB RAM Radeon Mobility M6 LY 16MB
About the kernel configuration what you need to know?
| Quote: | | what version kernel btw ? |
2.5.64
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taskara
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 1:40 am Post subject: |
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how about a non-development kernel? does it work fine?
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bsolar
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I'm using gentoo-sources-2.4.19-r10 and I used also gentoo-sources-2.4.20. They worked without problems (2.4.20's bugs apart and 2.4.19-r10 still works).
I noticed that if I enable framebuffer support for the console I get an error about an undefinied reference "con2fb_map". With the other kernels I have no problem with framebuffer.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:58 am Post subject: Re: Problems with development-sources |
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| bsolar wrote: |
What I am missing? |
It's a development kernel, beta software, unreliable, unstable 
Post a description of your hardware and perhaps someone will be able to help.
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bsolar
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:02 pm Post subject: Re: Problems with development-sources |
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| gilesjuk wrote: | | bsolar wrote: |
What I am missing? |
It's a development kernel, beta software, unreliable, unstable |
I know that, I just want to know if it's not an error I make in my configuration instead.
| Quote: | | Post a description of your hardware and perhaps someone will be able to help. |
In the second reply I do that. Tell me what you need to know more in deep and I'll be eager to provide you the informations.
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neuron
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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hmm, check make menuconfig again, make sure your settings for cpu type is correct.
(subarchitechture type and processor family), also turn off stuff like SMP/SCSI, and other things you don't use.
*running mm-sources happily, though I needed to remove the smalldevfs patch*
(also, if your running nvidia graphics drivers, agpart screws up a bit for me) |
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behindthesofa
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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I had similar problems.
did you enable CONFIG_VT and CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in character-devices? You can also try to add
to your kernel boot line. |
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bsolar
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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| behindthesofa wrote: | I had similar problems.
did you enable CONFIG_VT and CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE in character-devices? You can also try to add
to your kernel boot line. |
I don't have those options  :
| Code: | # cat /usr/src/linux-beta/.config | grep CONSOLE
# CONFIG_LP_CONSOLE is not set
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_PCI_CONSOLE=y |
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behindthesofa
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| you have to enable CONFIG_INPUT in Input Devices *NOT* as module, but straight into the kernel. Then the options will appear in Character Devices. good luck. |
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bsolar
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| behindthesofa wrote: | | you have to enable CONFIG_INPUT in Input Devices *NOT* as module, but straight into the kernel. Then the options will appear in Character Devices. good luck. |
Yeah it was that. Strange, since with the stable kernel I can have input as module without problems...
BTW. Thanks! 
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