Jorge Almeida wrote:
I upgraded from kernel 2.6.11 (gentoo-sources r4) to 2.6.12 (r6), and
lost my framebuffer console. No console whatsoever, actually, but xdm
starts OK. Checking .config, I see
# Console display driver support
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=m
# CONFIG_FONTS is not set
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y
I was under the impression that CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE is set only when
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE is unset. Wrong? I'm assuming that the dummy console
overrides the vga console...
There is no way to unset the ugly thing. I tried make menuconfig and
make xconfig. I tried commenting out that line.
The line in grub.conf:
kernel (hd1,2)/boot/linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hdb3
video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x31a pci=usepirqmask
My guess is that you just don't have the appropriate framebuffer drivers
configured in "Device Drivers->Graphics Support". With the Gentoo
sources, I recommend at least CONFIG_FB_VESA=y and
CONFIG_FB_VESA_TNG=y. If you do you will need to change your boot
options, as VESA_TNG doesn't use the vga= parameter:
kernel (hd1,2)/boot/linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hdb3
video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED],ywrap,mtrr pci=usepirqmask
-Richard
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