Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:13:50 +0100 (CET) | From | Jesper Juhl <> | Subject | Re: Blank Screen in 2.6.0 |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Paul Misner wrote:
> On Sunday 28 December 2003 12:14 pm, dan@eglifamily.dnsalias.net wrote: > > Ok. After being without power for the past few days due to record > > snowfall, I'm alive again. So I made the changes people had recomended on > > the list. Upgraded to the lastest module-init-tools, and disabled the > > frame buffer support in the kernel. So the only graphic option enabled is > > text mode selection. But when I boot I still get a blank screen! > > > > My lilo.conf contains a line: vga=773, which works beautifully under > > RedHat's stock 2.4.20-8. I get a nice screen with approximately 132x48 > > display. Under 2.4.20 I am not loading any frame buffer that I'm aware of. > > It's not listed in my moduiles: > > > > Just a suggestion, but why not use vga=normal, which is text mode, instead of > graphics. You don't get the boot logo, but it does give you all the boot > messages on 80x24. I have been having the same issues, with an Nvidia card, > and I decided it wasn't worth spending any time on it, since I really just > wanted to see the messages, not any pictures.
I've found that using "rivafb" does not work with my Geforce3, and from talking to various people on IRC about it I get the impression that rivafb is broken for any card newer than Geforce2. "vesafb" though works quite well with never NVidia cards.
If I build my kernels with "rivafb" enabled I get a blank screen as well, but using "vesafb" all is fine (so is just plain vga=normal or vga=extended, but I prefer the fb console :)
Just my 0.02 euro
/ Jesper Juhl
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