On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 23:05 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > Checkin 464bdd33e9baad9806c7adbd8dfc37081a55f27e "fbdev: ignore VESA > > modes if framebuffer is disabled" is just plain wrong on any system > > which has support for extended text modes in its VESA BIOS. > > > > Antonio is incorrectly assuming this branchout is used only to set VESA > > graphics modes, but it's to set any VESA mode, be it text or graphics. > > I wonder if this fbdev update is what causes my X session to die?
That's doubtful though, CONFIG_FB=n. For a start, you can try reverting changes in drivers/char/vt.c and drivers/video/console/vgacon.c Tony - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
