Ethan Benson wrote: > > > Ethan, what kind of machines need CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT=n with quik? > > > > At least the 7200, I believe. > > correct, i talked to ben about this recently the problem is the way > this particular feature trys to access the OF framebuffer, on > oldworlds with non-existant or very broken OF video drivers this code > would crash OF.
This seems to be exactly what happened to my system (kernel 2.2.18/ oldworld)--it didn't boot without the monitor attached. Upon reading your post, I recompiled the kernel with CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT turned off, and it started to work fine. Thank you. > he told me this should be fixed in recent kernels but > i have not tested this. 2.2.17 boots up fine with CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT set and without monitor. > [...] > > BOOTX_TEXT is a misnomor though, it really doesn't have much to do > with BootX at all. its also not required for either BootX or > non-BootX booting. Updating config documentation would be nice. regards, abe
