Subject: Re: VT Kernel Compile
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: Sean Murphy <033197m@acadiau.ca>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/05/1998 07:34:46
> 
> What version of NetBSD is this?
> 
> Have you tried examining the /var/log/messages file after rebooting
> with another kernel?
> 
> .pm
Sorry, I keep forgetting to include that.. Its 1.3.2 in i386
architechture. My video card is also an old 512k VGA card if that matters

> 
> Sean Murphy writes:
> > I mentioned this earlier and had gotten a few tips to try, but i still
> > can't see anything when I boot from the kernel I modified from GENERIC for
> > my system. I've changed pc0 to vt0 so i can have virtual terminals, but
> > when it boots up, it gets as far as loading the kernel, then the screen
> > goes blank.  It apparantly still loads everything because the HD reads for
> > quite some time after the screen goes blank.  However I can't telnet in
> > either.  I had said to someone who had tried to help me earlier that I
> > could, but alas I was mistaken.  Anyone know what to do?  Do I need to
> > MAKEDEV anything before booting to the new kernel?  I'm stumped.
> > 
> > Sean Murphy (033197m@acadiau.ca)
> > -----
> > -History is rarely made by reasonable men.
> > 	
> > 
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