- Mike Cox helps fix 2.6 kernel. Patch for a big bug!
- Posted by Mike Cox on November 26th, 2003
When I built the kernel the way Linus Torvalds instructed (make
xconfig, make bzImage, make module, make modules_install) I had
problems with my screen being black. I then compiled my Linux 2.6
kernel Terry's way (make menuconfig, make), and once again I
encountered problems.
I realized that the kernel was not recognizing my monitor correctly,
and that it is a bug in the kernel monitor drivers. My monitor was
being misdiagnosed by the kernel as a VESA and it is not. This bug
was in the 2.4 kernel, but I forced the kernel to choose the correct
one in order for it to work.
Currently I, Mike Cox, a former WindowsAdvocate and Win32 programmer
am writting a patch for the kernel as we speak. Read the Kernel
Mailing List for my email detailing the problem, and my patch which
will be on there quite soon.
My experience programming in the sophisticated Windows enviroment has
given me the ability to help vastly improve the Linux kernel (which is
my new hobby).
- Posted by Jim Richardson on November 26th, 2003
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A good start would be figuring out if you are talking about the 2.4
kernel, or the 2.6. When you figure that out, let us know.
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Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his
self-interest gives you more leverage. -- Lazarus Long
- Posted by Terry on November 26th, 2003
Mike Cox threw some tea leaves on the floor
and this is what they wrote:
DON'T FEED THE TROLLS
[Billious Drivelectomy]
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Kind Regards from Terry
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- Posted by Carl Farrington on November 27th, 2003
Mike Cox wrote:
Brilliant! Can you give me a url to the specific thread on the mailing list
archive?
