Re: More info on non-booting 2.5.69/2.5.70

[Dave Jones (davej@codemonkey.org.uk)]

On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 08:59:53AM -0400, William McDonald Buck wrote:
 > I'm not subscribed, but read everything I could find here on
 > non-booting 2.5 kernels, and with help from list archives found and
 > fixed my problems.  Had the problem others have reported -- hang
 > after unpacking the kernel, blank screen.  Advice given here, and in
 > "what to expect" document is to ensure one has set CONFIG_INPUT=y,
 > CONFIG_VT=Y and CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=Y (and sometimes says to set
 > CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y). The advice does not say -- and I think should
 > and must -- to set CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y.

The work-in-progress version of the next version of that document
already documents this (and a few other things that may cause this
effect). I'll look at getting it updated in the next few days

		Dave

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