On Wednesday 31 October 2001 21:28, Jon Pennington wrote: | The first thing that comes to mind is the kernel configuration, | actually. Had your kernel been built with no frame buffer support | but only the standard 386/VGA console, I don't think this would be | an issue. If I were a betting man, I'd bet that the solution is to | disable MGA framebuffer support altogether. bingo! right answer! they had framebuffer support enabled in the kernel configuration for some insane reason. burning a kernel without it solved the problem. (this is gonna make life *really* interesting for people with g-400 cards who decide 7.3 is the time to give suse a try. what a friggin' disaster.) while i was at it, i grabbed the mantel 2.4.13 and built an athlon kernel that -- gulp -- works! -- dep There is sobbing of the strong, And a pall upon the land; But the People in their weeping Bare the iron hand; Beware the People weeping When they bare the iron hand.