On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:35:55 +0100 Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2010-12-20 22:17 +0100, Celejar wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:15:43 +0100 > > Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > >> This may be due to the use of a framebuffer in grub2, or because > >> CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE is not set in the kernel configuration. For > >> the former, try to disable the framebuffer and use text mode (please > >> consult the grub documentation how to do that, I'm not using grub2 > >> myself yet). > > > > Not using Grub2, and in any event, I'm pretty sure that we're well out > > of grub when the problem begins. > > Okay, so you're probably in text mode before i915 loads, which is good. > > >> You need CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y. See also the Debian Wiki: > >> http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting. > > > > CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE is set to 'module'. Does it really need to > > be built in? > > Don't think so, unless vesafb (CONFIG_FB_VESA) is also built into the > kernel (vesafb cannot be built as a module). > > > I suppose it can't hurt to check, unless you have any > > other ideas. > > Is CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY set? No - should it be? The help says 'if unsure, select n', so I figured it was best left off, since I'm certainly not sure ;) Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101220165208.c90a56c8.cele...@gmail.com
