Subject: Re: First time Kernel Compiler
To: Sean Murphy <033197m@acadiau.ca>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/04/1998 15:54:42
What version of NetBSD are you using? (1.3.2 is probably best)
What graphics card do you have?
Did you remove the compile/KERNEL_NAME directory before rerunning
config with vt0 enabled?
Can you telnet into the machine while the screen is blank?
David/absolute
-=- "Just when everything was making sense" -=-
On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Sean Murphy wrote:
> Hey there. I've been trying to compile a custom kernel for my
> 386, everything configs and makes fine when i set all the options i want,
> but I try to switch from the default pc0 generic console to vt0 console
> driver so i can have virtual terminals the kernel won't boot correctly.
> By this I mean that it does everything its supposed to do, it boots, the
> hard drive rattles, the network card is initialized, but it doesn't show
> anything on the screen, the monitor stays completely black. It takes
> about an hour to compile, and i'm getting tired of fiddling with it. Does
> anyone know a quick fix to this?
>
> Sean Murphy (033197m@acadiau.ca)
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> -History is rarely made by reasonable men.
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