Re: 2.1.108, pre-2.1.109-1: Console problems.

Martin Mares (mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz)
Fri, 10 Jul 1998 11:00:43 +0200

> 2.1.106 works fine.
> 2.1.107 doesn't like user loadable fonts. :)
> 2.1.108 doesn't like any fonts. ;)
>
> Both 108 and pre-109-1 compiled without FB-device worked but there
> was no console (the last message was that the Kernel's been
> decompressed).
> With FB-device the screen is slowly filling with blank lines
> (or black letters on black backround) but nothing happens
> after this (I guess the Kernel went on strike before
> mounting the filesystem).

Please try either 2.1.109 or the patch sent to the list by Geert some
hours ago. It contains lots of updates to vgacon code and fixes zillions
of bugs.

Have a nice fortnight

-- 
Martin `MJ' Mares   <mj@ucw.cz>   http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
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