X-windows will not start with new kernel

[Brian D. McGrew]

Did you check the ATI support and Framebuffer support in the kernel 
config?

-brian

Brian D. McGrew		{ brian at doubledimension.com || 
pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
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On Aug 26, 2004, at 12:05 PM, Dan Malvin wrote:

> I used a config file in the previous kernel source directory called
> kernel-2.4.21-i686-smp.config (because I wanted dual processor
> support).  I also installed pptp-conntrack-nat patch from netfilter's
> patch-o-matic.
>
>
> On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 13:17, Brian D. McGrew wrote:
>> That's a good thing.  Did you use any system provided kernel
>> configuration files when you built the new kernel or did you start
>> entirely from scratch?
>>
>> Kernel configuration isn't my foremost forte but I do seem to remember
>> something different about setting it up with an onboard ATI like that
>> (from a Dell PowerEdge 2300 machine).  Can you send your kernel config
>> file?  Did you save it?
>>
>> -brian
>>
>> Brian D. McGrew		{ brian at doubledimension.com ||
>> pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
>> --
>>> YOU!  Off my planet!
>> On Aug 26, 2004, at 11:13 AM, Dan Malvin wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, works great when booting to the previous kernel
>>> (2.4.21-15.0.4.EL).
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 12:35, Brian D. McGrew wrote:
>>>> Does it work with your previous or default kernel?
>>>>
>>>> -brian
>>>>
>>>> Brian D. McGrew		{ brian at doubledimension.com ||
>>>> pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
>>>> --
>>>>> YOU!  Off my planet!
>>>> On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:19 AM, Dan Malvin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I installed RHEL 3.0 runs and selected gnome as windows windows
>>>>> manager
>>>>> during setup.  The computer comes with an integrated ATI Rage-XL
>>>>> PCI-based VGA controller with 4 MB of PC100 SDRAM, RHEL detected it
>>>>> as
>>>>> ATI Mach64.  Anyhow, X works fine at this point.
>>>>>
>>>>> I downloaded and compiled the 2.4.27 kernel.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I boot up, I get this error message I expect to see the gui
>>>>> login
>>>>> screen:
>>>>> "I cannot start the X server (your graphical interface).  It is
>>>>> likely
>>>>> that it is not set up correctly.  Would you like to view the X 
>>>>> server
>>>>> outpout to diagnose the problem?"
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the output:
>>>>> XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 release:
>>>>> 4.3.0-62.EL)
>>>>> Release Date: 15 August 2003
>>>>> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
>>>>> Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-4.ELsmp i686 [ELF]
>>>>> Build Date: 04 March 2004
>>>>> Build Host: tweety.devel.redhat.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Module Loader present
>>>>> OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.27-smp-pptp
>>>>> (root at gateway.dunwoody.tec.mn.us) (gcc version 3.2.3 20030502 (Red
>>>>> Hat
>>>>> Linux 3.2.3-39)) #2 SMP Thu Aug 26 06:41:53 CDT 2004
>>>>> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>>>>>          (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>>>>>          (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??)
>>>>> unknown.
>>>>> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Aug 26 11:58:18
>>>>> 2004
>>>>> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The /var/log/XFree86.0.log file doesn't show any (WW), (EE), (NI), 
>>>>> or
>>>>> (??) markers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Did I miss something in menuconfig when I compiled the 2.4.27 
>>>>> kernel?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan Malvin
>>>>>
>>>>>
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