On Friday 16 November 2001 15:50 pm, you wrote:
> I compiled a 2.4.10 kernel from kernel.org source with XFS
> filesystem patches from SGI. When I boot the machine, I get the
> graphical chooser that allows me pick a kernel to boot. If I boot
> the 2.4.10 SuSE kernel, all works as expected. If I boot the 2.4.10
> XFS kernel, output to the monitor disappears just as soon as I select
> that kernel. Everything is still running as I can SSH into the box,
> run X apps, backup software, mount XFS filesystems, etc. I can't
> seem to find any errors in the logs. If I start X, it runs like
> normal on vt07 but there is nothing on any of the other vt's. Any
> ideas?
>
> Jason Joines
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It turned out to be my failure to enable VESA framebuffer support.
I had enabled framebuffer support, just not the VESA stuff. Doing
this fixed the problem. I now have virtual consoles and XFS filesystem
support.
Jason
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