Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:38:12 -0400 | Subject | Re: How to disable drm/kms actions during boot? | From | Alex Deucher <> |
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On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@zmailer.org> wrote: > I have a display card + display combination that has recently had much problems > during system boot. Some system versions boot just fine to very large text mode, > others create entirely black display. > > Is there any way to forbid the DRM from doing "maximize the text display area" > operation at all during the boot? I do want the DRM/KMS to happen latter, but > NOT during system boot! >
Boot with nomodeset or radeon.modeset=0 on the kernel command line. That will disable kernel modesetting at boot. You can then manually load the modules with or without modesetting once the system is booted. drm-next also recently got support for forcing the console mode.
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