Correct, removing the append=video:vesa:ywrap,mtrr in lilo.conf fixes the problem...
Jan Gyselinck
On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 10:27:16AM +0100, J.W. Hoogervorst wrote:
> I'm seeing the same thing (nothing, to be more accurate :-)
> Unless i remove my "append=video:whatever" from lilo.conf... Maybe an error
> in the init-routine?
> In the kernel: support for ATI, RIVA and VESA. Problem both on ATI and RIVA
> machine.
>
> Jeroen
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm following the latest releases of the 2.3-series to get my
> > xircom 10/100 Mbit + 56Kbit modem working under a Toshiba Laptop.
> > It worked, but the kernel was not always that stable for normal use.
> > Now, I jumped from 2.3.49 to 2.3.51, but 2.3.51 does not boot anymore.
> >
> > After LILO I get 'Loading 2.3.51' and then a blank screen. This
> > also happens with the .52-pre series and .99-pre1. I compiled
> > the kernel with egcs 2.95.2, using VESA framebuffer (but without
> > it I get the same thing). Does anybody have a clue what's going on?
> >
> > I tried compiling with egcs 2.95.2 and pgcc 2.95.2 (you never know ...)
> > I used the standard optimizations, I tried compiling for P-II and
> > for pentium.
> > I tried to disable VESA Framebuffer, ... the .99-pre1 I tried now
> > was almost a basic kernel + PCMCIA-support in the kernel
> > (cardbus). Still the same thing: A blank screen. There is not
> > any letter that comes from the kernel itself that comes on my
> > screen. It does not continue (f.e. like it's only my screen that
> > refueses to work) to load, there is no harddisk activity,
> > nothing... This is weird.
> >
>
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