On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 05:45:07PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include <hallo.h> > Mark Zimmerman wrote on Fri Feb 08, 2002 um 08:39:07AM: > > Greetings: > > > > I tried out a new installation on an IBM Thinkpad 560X with the bf2.4 > > Which kind of VGA chipset is used there? Anyways, if you come to the > floppy change prompt, framebuffer is allready working for you. > > > linux floppy=thinkpad > > linux floppy=thinkpad,mono > > > > Can anyone suggest a workaround for this? > > Please try with "video=vga16:off" and report the result. >
I ran a bunch of new tests and here are the results: linux floppy=thinkpad,video=vga16:off results in the white screen as previously described. However, looking through dmesg yielded the clue that this is an ill-formatted set of options (comma should be space). So, I tried: linux floppy=thinkpad video=vga16:off and it booted to the point where it asks for the root floppy, but when I put it in I got I/O errors and a kernel panic. Apparently I ought not to use floppy=thinkpad on my thinkpad and the original badly formatted command kept it from using it. Next, I tried linux video=vga16:off and it loaded the root floppy successfully but things went astray after that. VT1 gets to the point where it says: init started: BusyBox ...(etc) VT2 repeatedly asks me to press Enter to activate this console but will not give me a shell. VT3 shows that dbootstrap is repeatedly starting and exiting. Finally, I tried booting with no options. This returned me to the original white screen problem. This time, I thought to look at VT3 for the logs and found that dbootstrap started and exited several times. The last log message shows that it exited and was scheduled for restart. A ps ax in VT2 shows it running though. I also tried (finally++) so see if I could get going with a serial console (console=ttyS0,9600). When I tried that, I got nothing on the screen and nothing out the serial port either. Same with ttyS1. -- Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
