Re: Recompiled kernel, lost networking and X won't start

From: Jason (jdoe_at_fake.com)
Date: 08/03/03

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    On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 10:37:00 +0200, news.t-online.de wrote:

    > Hi,
    > If ifconfig shows all fine, then ping must work. I think you have
    > specified more than one network card in the network card support..Please
    > recheck it. Also regarding X. you must recompile the graphic drivers after
    > reinstall of kernel. The directions are given in the gentoo install
    > documentation.
    >
    > Hope it helps...
    >
    > Giri
    > "Jeroen Geilman" <nospam@notadaptr.nl> wrote in message
    > news:3f2c548c$0$49117$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
    >> Jason wrote:
    >>
    >> That's hard to believe...
    >>
    >> > Anyone have any ideas as to why it's doing this?
    >>
    >> Assuming that recompiling the kernel is *all* you changed between reboots:
    >>
    >> Did you save both the kernel .config files ?
    >> do a diff on them and see what exactly changed between these kernels..
    >>
    >> Also, APM ? What for ? It is usually more a pain than anything else...
    >>
    >> Did you have ACPI enabled first? Are you *sure* only one of them is built
    >> in? It specifically tells you only to use ONE of these power management
    >> options...you can build both as modules, but don't build both into the
    >> kernel !
    >>
    >> If you want framebuffer support you need to set a few options right, not
    >> just one.. grep the kernel .config files for the differences and see if
    >> you've missed an option (alas, the kernel config utils still do not do
    > your
    >> dependencies for you!)
    >>
    >>
    >> --
    >> Jeroen Geilman
    >>
    >> On KNode, thankfully...

    Thanks, the problem was with the power management stuff though. I took it
    out and now everything works great; I'll play with it at a later date to
    see if I can get it to work, and from now on I'm backing up all my
    bzImages and configs!

    Thanks,
    Jason

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