Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh install on reboot endless scrolling text

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Harry Putnam<reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Roy Wright <roy@wright.org> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>>> I really have no idea what to change when I boot off the install
>>> media.
>>
>> So you have grub installed, the grub menu appears, you select a boot
>> option, boot starts, the usual kernel messages flash by, you get to the
>> second part of the boot where the lines look like:
>>
>>  blah...   [OK]
>>
>> Then something goes crazy.
>
> Yes,  just the first few `blah   [ok]' lines... maybe 3.
>
>> Assuming that's the scenario, boot with your install media, enter the
>> chroot, then take a peek at the logs in /var/log.  Hopefully you can
>> find
>> a hint.
>>
>
> In progress on you suggestion now.
> But no syslog is running in the chroot.(is it?)  But still looking
> around.
>
> And just incase its something related to the newest kernel I've
> downgraded to 2.6.29-r2 and building from an old .config of 2.6.28.
> (not genkernel on this one)

I think he was hoping that you would find something in your
chroot/var/log/messages file or something like that. boot from the CD,
mount the hard drive like you were doing an install, and then poke
around and see if anything got written and is still there. Just
hunting for clues.

Do you have a digital camera? If so maybe it's fast enough to capture
the screen while it's scrolling and make the message semi-readable
even though they aren't to your eyes?