hand-rolled kernels sometimes work, sometimes not

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 26 Dec 2010, Goh Lip wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 01:47:37 +0800, Robert P. J. Day
> <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>
> >   ok, things just got worse.  i went back and selected the latest
> > ubuntu-supplied kernel -- 2.6.35-23-generic -- and *that* one failed
> > as well.  early in the boot process, i got a *very* brief glimpse of
> > something like "i915 graphics turbo disabled" or something like that,
> > after which total darkness. so i'm now in the position of having what
> > looks like precisely *one* working kernel, which i rolled myself and
> > which works for no reason that i know of (and which is the kernel i'm
> > running right now).
> >  i am very nervous at this point.
>
> dkms modules not loaded/installed?
> I cannot help you with more, even if it is dkms. Try man pages.

  the dkms package isn't even installed right now, and this
2.6.37-rc5+ kernel boots just fine.

rday

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