2.6 kernel upgrade gives garbled video (w/o X11)

Hi all,

I recently attempted to upgrade my kernel from 2.4.27 to 2.6.18 on my Sarge installation. First off, I had to change my sources.list to use the Etch packages because of a dependency loop involving libc6. However, I did the kernel installation w/ "apt-get install kernel- -2.6-686" and the installation completed successfully w/ my Grub configurations updated automatically.

When I restarted the machine and selected the 2.6 kernel, the boot process proceeded fine (and I could read all the text scrolling by). But when it came time to display the login prompt (terminal only, it's a server, so there's no X11) the screen got all garbled. Essentially all I can see is flickering black and white boxes covering the screen. However, I can login and reboot the machine - I just can't see what I'm typing.

Anyone have any suggestions on this one? I tried installing the kernel- -2.6-386 on a lark, but I still ran into the same problem. I'm not passing any special kernel parameters on boot to the 2.4 kernel either. What am I missing?

Thanks,
Aaron

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