spike232 Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 I have been trying to install gentoo on my pc, i have followed all the instructions in the handbook and after the bit where you finally reboot the system, i get the grub screen up, select the standard option and i get a flash of text scrolling up too fast to see then a blank screen then after a few seconds the blank screen changes to the following: the green lines grow down a bit then stop, it seems like the system is loading behind as if i blindly login and issue a reboot the computer does restart. i have also tried the recovery option but it also fails to work, and displays the same screen. I have tried recompiling the kernel using the genkernel, this works and will boot up, so im guessing the issue is with my kernel configuration. What should i be looking for in there to sort this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted August 31, 2008 MVC Share Posted August 31, 2008 Well without some details of what exact hardware your trying to run this on.. Does the liveCD boot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike232 Posted August 31, 2008 Author Share Posted August 31, 2008 Live CD boots and so does the kernel made by genkernel Hardware is: AMD Geode LX800 500MHz AMD CS5536 RealTek 8139 network chipset In menuconfig i have selected: Processor Family: Geode GX/LX Under ATA drivers i have: AMD and nVidia IDE support, AMD CS5535 chipset support Under network i have: RealTek RTL-8129/8130/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter suppor Under Graphics i have: AMD Geode family framebuffer support, AMD Geode LX framebuffer support Under sound drivers: CS5535/CS5536 Audio Under Bus Options: Geode Multi-Function General Purpose Timer (MFGPT) events Under I2C Hardware Bus support: Geode ACCESS.bus support Under character drivers: AMD CS5535/CS5536 GPIO (Geode Companion Device) I have just added these to the default config, not removed anything this time (incase i did need any of the default stuff) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichi Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Try selecting only VESA VGA graphics support in the "Graphics support -> support for framebuffer devices" section. You'll probably only be using that to set a custom resolution on the console anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonRedMk Member Posted September 9, 2008 Member Share Posted September 9, 2008 What does your bootloader configuration look like? Are you using GRUB? If so, post your /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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