Rebuilt kernel => no consoles?

[Alan Mckinnon]

On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 13:40 -0400, David Abrahams wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just rebuilt the ubuntu 2.6.15 kernel from source (and applied the
> linux-phc patch) and I get no consoles with the new kernel when either
> "vga=791" or "splash" appear in the boot parameters.  I do get gnome,
> but ctrl-alt-F1 gives me a blank screen.  Does anyone know what I did
> wrong?  I didn't do anything special to include restricted modules,
> but I don't think my hardware depends on them.  Any help much
> appreciated!

Funny you should mention that, I made the same mistake recently on
another distro... A few settings that are easy to miss:

Device drivers -> Character devices -> Virtual terminal
Device drivers -> Graphics support -> Console display driver support

You need a frame buffer to use vga=791 or splash, which one did you
select, and what is your video hardware?

Finally, can your display support 1024x768-16? It should, I just thought
I should  ask and make sure :-)

alan