On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 15:53, Dirk Raeder wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > I'm doing a fresh install of gentoo based on the 2004.2 livecd which > > uses the 2.6.7 kernel. > > > > Everything installs fine, I even went ahead to compile the "other" > > stuffs before re-booting with 2.6.10 kernel. > > > > During the reboot, the monitor/boot-up messages hangs (at the arrow) > > > > vesafb: hardware supports DCC2 transfers > > vesafb: monitor limits: vf = 75 Hz, hf = 63 kHz, clk = 110 MHz > > vesafb: scrolling: redraw <------ > > vesafb: mode switch failed (eax: 0x14f) > > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30 > > > > But it seems like normal-bootup still continues, as the machine is still > > able to get an IP address. (but fails to start SSHD) and becomes > > pingable. > > > > sshd[5689]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already > > in use. > I had similar problem on my notebook. With the 2.6.10 kernel, framebuffer > doesn't support unusual display settings like 1280x800 any more. Switching > down to 1024x768 did the trick for booting. X itself has no problem with the > higher solution. If that doesn't help, give the pure console a try. In other > words, disable framebuffer.
It was the framebuffer. I compiled 2.6.10 w vesafb (and not vesafb-tng) supposrt and it worked. I then placed the vga=xxx parameter to the kernel command line and it got me a nicer/bigger console. Sweet. Thanks to those who helped solve this stupid problem. -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 13:53:15 up 4:33, 7 users, load average: 0.97, 0.85, 0.48 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
