Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 24 Aug 2002 10:17:43 +0200 | From | David Madore <> | Subject | Disabling frame buffer |
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Hi.
Suppose I compiled a kernel (2.4.19) with graphical frame buffer support (Radeon, to be precise, but I don't suppose it matters), and suppose I decide I really want to boot in plain ol' text mode (80x25 with no embellishments and no penguin logo) just for once. Is there some way I can do this (other than recompiling the same kernel but without this frame buffer support)?
Before someone suggests this, I did try passing vga=259 as an option, but that doesn't change anything, it still switches to graphic mode sometime later in the boot process. Initially the log says
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
and later it changes its mind,
radeonfb: ref_clk=2700, ref_div=12, xclk=16600 from BIOS Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30 radeonfb: ATI Radeon 7500 QW DDR SGRAM 64 MB radeonfb: DVI port no monitor connected radeonfb: CRT port CRT monitor connected vga16fb: initializing vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a0000 fb1: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device
I know it's a bit silly to insist on getting a plain text mode, and even sillier not to want to just recompile, but I'd still appreciate some help here.
Thanks,
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