Messages in this thread | | | From | Duncan Sands <> | Subject | Re: Kernel 2.5.62 "unable to open initial console" | Date | Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:13:48 +0100 |
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Please check out this thread: "2.5.62 fails to boot, Uncompressing... and then nothing"
You need to enable the console in your .config:
CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
See the above thread for more details.
I hope this helps,
Duncan.
On Sunday 23 February 2003 22:11, Downing, Thomas wrote: > Apologies of off-topic or screamingly idiotic or newbie :-) > > Booting 2.5.62 results in no console. Looking at syslog shows: > > Warning: unable to open initial console > > I am not using devfs - /dev/console is there, char major 5, minor 1. > > Kernel was built without MDA or framebuffer support, without serial or > parallel console, with CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE 1 and CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE 1. > > Problem has been present since at least 2.5.59. > > System runs normally if booted with 2.5.24. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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