X-windows will not start with new kernel

[Dan Malvin]

Yeah, I'v got "Support for Framebuffer devices" selected under Console
Drivers --> Frame-buffer support and I've selected everything that has
to do with ATI.


On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 14:14, Brian D. McGrew wrote:
> 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 }
> --
>  > YOU!  Off my planet!
> 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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