On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 10:05:01AM -0700, Ahmed A wrote: | 2. When I use the kernel options - "ro root=/dev/hda1 | mem=448M vga=normal", the kernel boots up. However, | when I use the option - "ro root=/dev/hda1 mem=448M | vga=791" (vga option changed), nothing appears on the | screen. Can someone explain why? And what I can do | to fix it. Probably, you don't have CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT (Video mode selection mode) set. It's under Graphics Support -> Console display driver support -> VGA Text console | 2. I am planning to install the 2.6 modules by doing a | "make modules_install". My system is a RH Enterprise. | I would like to be able to revert to old kernel | (2.4.21). I have been reading on posts that I have to | install mod-init-tools, and there might be conflicts | with the existing modutils. Can anyone clarify if | both these packages can exist harmoniously. Is there | a FAQ or link that explains this issue? Is there a | home page for modutils? (I did a search, could not | find one). I thought, the recent versions of module-init-tools were backward compatible, but I might be wrong. -- Chirag Kantharia, puggy.symonds.net/~chyrag/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
