On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 06:44:04PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 05:37:58PM +0200, David Fokkema said > > Hi group, > > > > Compiling my own kernel I ran into strange difficulties. I have a laptop > > (asus L5800C) that's hit by the radeon driver bug resulting in black > > screens with standard drivers, though I don't know if this is related... > > > > Installing kernel-image-2.4.22 I can boot with vga=834 resulting in a > > nice 1400x1050 framebuffer display with the vesa driver. However, > > compiling a fresh kernel from kernel-source-2.4.22 (even with the same > > config) results in a black screen. I can use vga=normal, so I know it > > works. I took the time to compile from the sources of > > kernel-image-2.4.22 which builds all kinds of kernels and took a _long_ > > time. However, that one boots fine. > > You should install ccache :)
Wow! Thanks! > > So, there must be some differences, right? I know that the sources of > > kernel-image are patched during the build process while the sources from > > kernel-source are already patched, but that should result in the same > > sources being used. Please enlighten me... > > If you look at the build-dependency tree for kernel-image-2.4.22, you'll > see it's actually built from kernel-source-2.4.22, anyway. Yeah, that's what's bothering me... > The only obvious difference I can think of is gcc versions. It > shouldn't matter, but maybe it's built with gcc 2.95 still? Nope. I compiled both from kernel-source and from kernel-image with the same compilers. It's very strange... Thanks, David -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
