Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Douglas R. Reno
Ken, Thank you for your help. After I reconfigured the kernel and remade it taking out the driver, it now works like a charm! Douglas Reno -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 02:54:34PM -0600, Douglas R. Reno wrote: > Ken, > > The screen turns on and off repeatedly... I can see some text when it is > on. That is how I can tell it booted successfully because I can see the > login prompt for a split second. I also have logs in /var/log. > Good.

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Douglas R. Reno
Ken, The screen turns on and off repeatedly... I can see some text when it is on. That is how I can tell it booted successfully because I can see the login prompt for a split second. I also have logs in /var/log. Looking at the Kernel Options that you suggested (I keep a backup of my .config on a

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 09:17:16AM -0600, Douglas R. Reno wrote: > Hello, > > After completing a successful build of LFS, I restart to get into the > system for the first time and my screen turns black and then comes back on > for about 1 second. > > I have a NVidia Vanta LT card in my PC. I am u

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread vmsda
Many years ago when I decided to ditch Windows in favour of  Ubuntu, I also decided never to buy any PC with Nvidia or Ati, no matter how enticing the rest of the machine, or price, might be. And so always stuck with Intel graphics cards. Never regretted it, they have always worked out of the bo

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Douglas R. Reno
Sorry about the Top Posting, I am using my cell phone and forgot that I had to uncheck "Include text". Thank you for all your help, Douglas Reno -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information pa

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Dan McGhee
On 11/22/2013 10:23 AM, Douglas R. Reno wrote: Dan, If I were able to export the contents of dmesg to a file, could I use grep to sift through it faster? First of all, let me gently remind you about top posting on this list. Please don't do it. Dmesg is nothing more than the kernel log.

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Douglas R. Reno
Dan, If I were able to export the contents of dmesg to a file, could I use grep to sift through it faster? On Nov 22, 2013 10:18 AM, "Dan McGhee" wrote: > On 11/22/2013 10:01 AM, Douglas R. Reno wrote: > > I will try it tonight when I have a chance. Is there anything specific I > should be look

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Dan McGhee
On 11/22/2013 10:01 AM, Douglas R. Reno wrote: I will try it tonight when I have a chance. Is there anything specific I should be looking for? "I can't describe it, but I know it when I see it." :) Sorry, I couldn't resist it. Dmesg output is quite verbose. I use 'dmesg | less' You'll

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Douglas R. Reno
I will try it tonight when I have a chance. Is there anything specific I should be looking for? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Dan McGhee
On 11/22/2013 09:17 AM, Douglas R. Reno wrote: Hello, After completing a successful build of LFS, I restart to get into the system for the first time and my screen turns black and then comes back on for about 1 second. I have a NVidia Vanta LT card in my PC. I am using the Nouveau drivers

[lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Douglas R. Reno
Hello, After completing a successful build of LFS, I restart to get into the system for the first time and my screen turns black and then comes back on for about 1 second. I have a NVidia Vanta LT card in my PC. I am using the Nouveau drivers for the framebuffer, as I plan to install X. I have No