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Yoav Luft wrote: |
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> Good afternoon, |
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> I have used my weekend to compile a new kernel, but to my dismay the new |
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> kernel does not boot. All I get is a black screen, and nothing happens. |
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> I compiled the kernel like this: |
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> eselect kernel set (the new sources) |
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> cd /usr/src/linux |
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> make oldconfig |
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> (answering various options about new features) |
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You forgot to copy your current configuration. *Before* doing "make |
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oldconfig" you to either do: |
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zcat /proc/config.gz > .config |
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or: |
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cp ../linux-yourpreviouskernel/.config . |
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and *then* run "make oldconfig" |
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