Hello,
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 01:56:28PM -0400, scrat wrote:
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> >>>> I have completed the LFS-6.8 book to the chapter on rebooting to the new
> >>>> LFS system.
> >>>>
> >>>> The kernel appears to load but fails at the point of:
> >>>>
> >>>> [ 1.433897] Freeing unused kernel memory: 400k freed
> >>>> It stops there and a hard reset is required.
> >>> You need to recompile your kernel. You need to work on your
> >>> kernel .config and develop a working kernel that can boot your computer
> >>> _without_ modules.
> >> Ok I will look at the kernel.
> >> I used a config file that had booted before on this machine
> > One thing you can probably do is use Shift-PgUp to look at earlier
> > screens to see if there are any error messages that might have scrolled off.
> > One suspicious thing is the [ 1.433897] number. My system is not
> > particularly slow, but it has
> > [ 3.081309] Freeing unused kernel memory: 612k freed
> > The next things that follow on my system are the initialization of the
> > usb HW. I agree with Andy that the kernel config look suspicious.
> > Remember to not use modules for the first time through.
> > -- Bruce
> It is a laptop dual core AMD 1600MHz
> I tried a kernel without modules and it failed at the same place.
> What does the
> [ 1.433897] mean?
If you have the framebuffer enabled, try turning it off and see what happens.
Device Drivers --->
Graphics support --->
< > Support for frame buffer devices
Sometimes if there is a mismatch between the driver and video card, the kernel
will
boot, but the screen will remain black.
Best of luck,
ae
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