Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:23:31 +0200 | From | Timothee Besset <> | Subject | Re: VESA Framebuffer dead in 2.6.0-test1 |
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I have the same problem. It boots but I have no console. In 2.5 there was an item 'enable virtual console' (in Character Devices) which I had enabled, and the boot console was showing. I didn't see this option displayed when I configured 2.6 from scratch (CONFIG_VT stuff)
TTimo
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:08:34 +0100 Mark Watts <m.watts@eris.qinetiq.com> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi. > > > > A number of people have experienced the same problem as I have; the VESA > > framebuffer is just..black on boot. I haven't seen any reports on this, > > though. dmesg says what it always have said before about the fb. > > > > I boot with vga=791 (as specified in lilo.conf).. Have something changed > > or is it just broken? :o) > > > > Thanks. > > I boot with vga=0x343 (1400x1050) and its working fine (2.6.0-test1) > > This is a Dell Latitude C610 laptop, so it may be using the ati framebuffer > stuff, although I get this in dmesg: > > vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe0000000, mapped to 0xd8800000, size 16384k > vesafb: mode is 1400x1050x24, linelength=4200, pages=2 > vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:5378 > vesafb: scrolling: redraw > vesafb: directcolor: size=0:8:8:8, shift=0:16:8:0 > fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 175x65 > > Mark. > > - -- > Mark Watts > Senior Systems Engineer > QinetiQ TIM > St Andrews Road, Malvern > GPG Public Key ID: 455420ED > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/FWpyBn4EFUVUIO0RAjqwAJ43U2vmUw7kMFkoeIsdDLyxhAbLBQCgmMST > LO8Pk8CAhCD0Uq/kuPd9hBo= > =W+2A > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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