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SubjectRe: disabling all video
Yapo Sebastien wrote:

>>Question: I would like the kernel not to use any of the video hardware
>>on the machine. Is there any run-time kernel parameter I can pass to
>>disable all video? (I tried console= to direct output to the serial
>>port, but ttys were still using the vga hardware.) My video card is
>>built onto the mother board, and there is no way I see to disable it
>>from the BIOS.
>>
>>
>>
>Remove "if EMBEDDED" in the VT and VT_CONSOLE section of drivers/char/Kconfig
>then reconfigure your kernel.
>You should find the old VT options in Device Drivers -> Character devices
>
>
>
Aww, is there no way to disable it at run-time? I'm working with a
precompiled kernel.

Perhaps there's a trick to disable the card with a special interrupt?
Set the terminal parameters to blanked from the kernel parameter line
(like setterm does)

Thanks
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