> -----Original Message----- > From: Holly Bostick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 August 2005 16:19 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Boot stalls after install of 2005.1 > > > Marcel Romijn schreef: > > > > > > I assumed that even though the kernel has framebuffer > support built in, > > it won't use it if it is not configured as kernel parameter in > > grub.conf. > > Maybe that was a wrong assumption? > > Yes, it was. The settings in grub.conf are supposed to override the > kernel settings. But if the framebuffer is set in the kernel, > naturally > the kernel is going to start the framebuffer. It is, after all, the > kernel, and the kernel is king of the hill. > > If you don't want a framebuffer, remove framebuffer support from your > kernel config. > > Unless there's a setting in grub.conf to disable the > previously-initialized framebuffer. If there was, you could use that, > but I don't even know if such a setting exists, and seems like extra > work in any case (enabling the framebuffer just to disable it with an > override that may or may not work).
Perhaps adding -nofb to the kernel will help? Also, why did you change your [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - did you change your monitor? -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
