[PlanetCCRMA] Real-time kernel wont boot (F12 x64)

[G Foster]

Yeah, suppose I could try the binary drivers. I'd hoped the new open  
source nvidia ones would be upstream now and hence patch better with  
the RT kernel.

On 6 Dec 2009, at 09:32, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:

> On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 09:29 +0000, G Foster wrote:
>> Balls, I was really hoping Fedora would be an option on my Macbook,
>> but reading this, I'm just going to get a black screen again because
>> of my NVIDIA card aren't I.
>
> Not necessarily. The problem described in the thread happen when  
> booting
> into the rt kernel only, not the Fedora kernel (which apparently works
> fine). Installing the binary drivers might also be an option (not  
> one I
> would like, but well...)
>
>> Sigh indeed. Stuck with bloody OSX.
>
> -- Fernando
>
>
>
>> On 5 Dec 2009, at 21:13, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 14:22 -0500, udutronik Tronik wrote:
>>>> OK... thanks fernando for your help.. here is more info
>>>>
>>>> - Yes the Fedora Kernel does boot fine
>>>> - I have an Nvidia graphic card. I did not install the Nvidia  
>>>> driver
>>>> as the "Nouveau" driver which is there by default and seems to  
>>>> handle
>>>> the card ok
>>>
>>> Well, I would have to check but I think some of the patches I'm  
>>> forced
>>> to omit deal with the nouveau driver (that would explain the
>>> behavior).
>>> Sigh. I'm denying reality and refusing to even look at trying to  
>>> make
>>> them patch, I imagine that's not going to be easy, and a moving
>>> target :-)
>>>
>>>> - adding the "nomodeset" didnt work
>>>
>>> Too bad...
>>>
>>>> I'll try to remove rhgb quiet and see what comes up
>>>
>>> Sorry...
>>>
>>> It may be that the normal Fedora kernel is good enough for the  
>>> kind of
>>> work you do.
>>>
>>> -- Fernando
>>>
>>>
>>>> 2009/12/5 Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando at ccrma.stanford.edu>
>>>>       On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 13:15 -0500, udutronik Tronik wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I've installed ccrma's rt-kernel on fedora 12 (x64) and I
>>>>       cannot get
>>>>> to boot with it
>>>>>
>>>>> - I have no graphical boot (just the blue progression line
>>>>       on a black
>>>>> screen)
>>>>> - I never even get to GDM or console login....
>>>>>
>>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>       Also... I take it that Fedora's kernels do boot fine, in  
>>>> which
>>>>       case it
>>>>       must be one of the many graphics card related patches that
>>>>       Fedora
>>>>       include that do not patch cleanly on top of the rt patches  
>>>> (so
>>>>       they
>>>>       don't make it into my rt kernel builds - I have not even  
>>>> tried
>>>>       to modify
>>>>       them to patch).
>
>