-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 marc on Monday 10 Oct 2005 16:08 wrote:
> Ritesh Raj Sarraf said... >> marc on Monday 10 Oct 2005 00:30 wrote: >> >> > This is a bit odd. I've just upgraded my laptop to etch and xorg. >> > Today, I compiled a new 2.6.13.3 kernel. To my grub entry I added the >> > option, vga=791, to the kernel line, but now this has the effect of >> > blanking the screen until the boot process has completed. >> > >> > My old 2.6.12 kernel still works quite happily with vga=791. >> > >> > Any idea how to retrieve the "old" behaviour? >> > >> >> That'd happen when the Frame Buffer Console (fbcon) is enabled as a >> module. > > Thanks. It only required that one change. It was enabled as a module in > my previous compiles, though, so I guess something changed. > What is interesting is that _default_ Debian linux kernels have fbcon enabled as a module and they work. IIRC, fbcon and vesafb are included into initrd. But there's some some configuration required. If you look into the default kernel's /lib/modules/`uname -r` directory, you'll find that there's a folder named initrd/ which contains the vesafb.ko module. Can someone explain how that works and how to get that functionality when rolling out our own custom kernels. (I roll out a custom kernel to select Pentium M as the Processor) Regards, rrs - -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.com Gnupg Key ID: 04F130BC "Stealing logic from one person is plagiarism, stealing from many is research." "Necessity is the mother of invention." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDTAVf4Rhi6gTxMLwRApyqAJwKWiP8Ta/csCVRLY++z6mUorAH6wCgpMvS MYZjW1zRuBxBFCx/BQpUb7w= =AwTh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
