Hi! Just a small follow-up...
I'm now getting very close to achieving what I set out to do with a 2.4 kernel with Backstreet Ruby patches (now, I only need to manage the X servers intelligently). So, I'm going to put my 2.6 project on ice for the time being... :-) However, I will return to 2.6 once I get more time, since it would be good to be able to use the framebuffers. So, I'll keep your advices with me when that happens. On Monday 27 October 2003 20:20, Andre Kalus wrote: > If something went wrong with framebuffers: do not use it. In general > if nobody has a better idea (see post of pigeon) I would suggest the > following: > > Try to build a vanilla kernel with only those features you will > need to boot: > - Disable framebuffers (from kernel config, no vga parameter on boot > prompt) > - Disable ACPI, APM > - Disable APIC > - Disabe USB > - Disable support for "special devices" like TV cards, ISDN cards > etc. (searching for them might (?) confuse the PCI bus) OK, obviously a good idea! > Make sure you backup your old config so you know which options you > wanted to set. Yup, always do! > > However, I built these two kernels very differently. The test8-ruby > > I've built with make-kpkg, and starting out with Andreas' config > > for his kernel. With the test9, I've used make bzImage and friends, > > and I started out with my own 2.4.22 kernel config. > > It should not make a difference but I always use the "make clean > bzImage" for a new kernel. make-kpkg should not do anything but ... Yup. > >> Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. Enabling unmasked SIMD > >> FPU exception support... done. Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. > >> POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX > >> NET: Registered protocol family 16 > >> PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb51, last bus=1 > > > > OK, so this is where it stops with ACPI and APIC enabled. But I > > can't see anything suspecious... > > OK, might be what Pigeon wrote: your BIOS uses an invalid APIC -> > disable it. Yeah, but I couldn't find anything about APIC in my BIOS set-up... Any further pointers where I may find it...? Best, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Astrophysicist/IT Consultant/Skeptic/Ski-orienteer/Orienteer/Mountaineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.kjetil.kjernsmo.net/ OpenPGP KeyID: 6A6A0BBC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
