Upgraded to 2.6.10, it boots but there's no display!

[movEAX_444]

Kernel 2.6.10 boots but there's nothing on screen. Right after hitting enter in LILO the screen just turns black. I CAN ssh into the box though. What did I miss or do wrong? There weren't any error compiling / setting it up. My kernel has 'devfs=nomount', does that matter?

My .confg is here: http://rocketjump.ath.cx/~maddumb/kernel.config

[serz]

CONFIG_FB_VGA16=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y

It looks like you forgot one of those.

[movEAX_444]

Thanks. Recompiling.

Nope. It didn't work. Same problem. Reload the above URL to see the new .config file. The process was..

make menuconfig
make bzImage && make modules
su then make modules_install
moves sys.map and bzimg to /boot and made the symlinks.

My lilo.conf is http://rocketjump.ath.cx/~maddumb/lilo.conf

[je_fro]

It's in the kernel for sure.
How about doing:
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y

Then MAKE SURE the kernel is copied as bzImage-2.6.10

[cybertron]

Did you remember to re-run LILO after you compiled the new kernel? I spent a long time trying to figure out why I couldn't get my custom kernels to boot (with those same symptoms) and this turned out to be why:D

[movEAX_444]

Yes I ran Lilo. It shows both my kernels (2.4 and 2.6) on the selection screen. I can boot 2.4 but not 2.6. It does not even boot anymore. No display + I can not SSH. Argh!

[movEAX_444]

OK. I got it to boot. I used liloconfig to setup lilo (It automatically put 2.4, I manually edited lilo.conf to make it boot 2.6) and I used these video settings:

# Graphics support
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y

# Console display driver support
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FONTS=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y

# Logo configuration
CONFIG_LOGO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y


I can not startx though. It can't find nvidia module, I guess I need to reinstall those drivers?

Also, what about udev? It looks like it's using devfs. /dev is flooded with files.

Update:
When I try to install the nvidia drivers, it stops with a SIGSEGV. Happens after 'Building Kernel.. 100% done' What could be wrong?

OK. I found some thread on Google which had patches. I applied them with no luck. Instead of using the nvidia-installer I used the Makefile and I can modprove nvidia now. Xorg runs fine. Sound also seems to be working, I just need to get udev to work.

[bwkaz]

Please do not double post. Continue here:

http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=138452