Package: console-tools
Version: 1:0.2.3dbs-65
This bug applies only to the i386 architecture.
I booted a stock Debian Linux kernel
(linux-image-2.6.18-6-686) using the "vga" boot
parameter to select an initial video mode. I used
vga=ask, then selected the desired mode from a menu.
In my case, the mode selected was an 80x34 mode (80
columns wide by 34 lines deep) rather than the default
of 80x25. The video mode was properly set by the
video BIOS, and the kernel boot messages were
displayed properly in the requested video mode until
the /etc/init.d/console-screen.sh startup script ran.
During execution of this script, the video mode
changed somehow to an 80x29 video mode.
This is similar to, but not identical to, bugs 312408
and 381641. In 312408, the bug reporter indicated a
reset to mode 80x25. In my case, it reverted to
80x29. In 381641, the bug reporter indicated that
the bottom half of the screen was not visible.
In my case, I am running on a Dell Dimension 4400,
using an nVidia Corporation NV11 video card, based on
the GeForce2 MX/MX 400 chipset. (This is a PCI-bus
video card.) The monitor supports DDC, but not DDC2,
hence no EDID. The monitor is an IBM 9524-001, circa
1993.
If I put an "exit" statement (without the quotes) as
the first non-comment line in
/etc/init.d/console-screen.sh, the video mode is not
corrupted. This leaves me with the hardware font
supplied by the video card, but at least the video
mode is not corrupted.
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