Dragos Delcea <[email protected]> writes: > Hi, > > I noticed that loading nouveau doesn't load fbcon automatically; and without > fbcon, when loading nouveau the > console turns blank. I spent a few good hours until I was able to figure out > that I had to manually modprobe > fbcon to get the console back after loading nouveau. > This is happening on a vanilla 2.6.35.3; shouldn't there be dependencies in > place between modules? > > Note that I haven't got to the xorg part just yet, I'm currently installing > gentoo. > We already do, except for kernels compiled with "Configure standard kernel features (for small systems)". Strictly speaking, nouveau doesn't depend on fbcon so that option is left open for e.g. embedded platforms that don't need a framebuffer console.
> thanks, > Dragos > > PS please include me in the reply as I'm not subscribed. > > _______________________________________________ > Nouveau mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau
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