Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: vga text console not working on 2.6.23-rc8 | | From | "Antonino A. Daplas" <> | | Date | Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:41:28 +0800 |
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On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 22:03 +0200, Santiago Garcia Mantinan wrote: > Hi! > > I have just compiled a 2.6.23-rc8 using the config from my 2.6.22 as a basis > and I came out with a not working (almost black) vga text console. > > This is what I'm getting on my logs: > > Console: colour dummy device 80x25 > console [tty0] enabled > > Instead of the old: > > Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 > > The options related to the console on my config are these: > > CONFIG_VT=y > CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y > CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y > CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y > CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y > > The machine is a AMD x64 X2 Athlon with a NForce 4 chipset, vga is a ATI > radeon and I have also set: > > CONFIG_DRM=m > CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m > > I have tried with and without CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT and > CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL with the same results. BTW: when X starts the > display is Ok. > > If you want me to do any tests or need more info just tell me.
Also insert this in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c as the first statement of vgacon_startup()
printk("vgacon: ORIG_VIDEO_ISVGA %x ORIG_VIDEO_MODE %x ORIG_VIDEO_LINES %x ORIG_VIDEO_COLS %x\n", ORIG_VIDEO_ISVGA, ORIG_VIDEO_MODE, ORIG_VIDEO_LINES, ORIG_VIDEO_COLS);
Tony
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