When using gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r11 or gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8-r3, the screen freezes, but the computer boots in the background, or the whole screen is black, but the computer boots in the background. I can log in and can enter init 6 or so, but I cannot see anything... I think there's a problem with Framebuffer. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Compiling the kernel 2. Rebooting 3. Black screen 4. Trying something with vga= in Grub 5. Booting. Actual Results: After trying something with vga=x in Grub, there's a black screen or a freezing screen again. Expected Results: Boot clearly, display all kerrnel-booting logs. I think it is a problem with vga or Framebuffer. emerge info: Portage 2.0.50-r10 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.6.4-gentoo) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.4-gentoo i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz // gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8-r3 when using it. Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mcpu=pentium4 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=pentium4 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/ ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://ftp6.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp6.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo ftp://ftp.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo ftp://ftp6.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo ftp://ftp.ipv6.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp:///ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.gentoo.mesh-solutions.com/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt cups encode foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imlib jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Ok, i finally got it working. I played with ACPI and APM (but that was not the reason.) If you have the same problem, try this: Change from vesa-tng to vesa. There may be no other devices in the Graphic Options than vesa. Graphic Options - Console line ..... - Disable Framebuffer Fonts. Enable anything else in Console Line..... Good luck!
Are you aware that in order to use vesafb-tng, you need to use a different style of vga= argument?
vga= does not work with vesafb-tng, you need a normal video= option, as with any other fb driver (eg. video=vesafb:1024x768-32@85).
You should be able to use framebuffer + vesafb-tng if you use the correct kernel argument (video rather than vga). Closing.
