linux-kernel - trouble loading self compiled vanilla kernel

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Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.51L2.0701081054010.27141@nema.lysator.liu.se>
Date:	Mon, 8 Jan 2007 10:59:57 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jonas Svensson <jonass@...ator.liu.se>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Jonas Svensson <jonass@...ator.liu.se>
Subject: trouble loading self compiled vanilla kernel

I have trouble booting a kernel I have compiled myself. I have changed
from FedoraCore 2 to CentOS 4.4 and is trying to compile my own kernel. In
FC2 I were able to compile and boot a custom kernel and this system boots
fine with the kernel supplied by CentOS. I want to compile my own to get
support for second head on Matrox G400DH (for tv out) and Hauppauge PVR150
(tv in). I downloaded kernel 2.6.19.1 from kernel.org and compiled it like
make mrproper, make menuconfig, make, make modules_install, make install.
I also tried doing make oldconfig using config from kernel supplied with
centos, also make default config and a kernel without modules support. I
even reinstalled CentOS 4.4 tried compiling the kernel first thing, to
make sure I did not mess up anything with alternative packages before.

All results in the same problem: the booting stops about when grub is
finished and the kernel should continue. I get the
message about loading initrd but not the line of "Uncompressing
Linux... Ok, booting the kernel". Instead I get a blank screen with a
flashing cursor at top left. Thats all, nothing more happens. Any
suggestions on what could be wrong or what I should do?

Hardware: Asus P3B-F (motherboard), Celeron 1.1GHz, Matrox G400DH and so
on.

Please keep the CC: jonass@...ator.liu.se

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