Re: [gentoo-user] dummy console
Jorge Almeida wrote: On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Richard Fish wrote: Jorge Almeida wrote: I upgraded from kernel 2.6.11 (gentoo-sources r4) to 2.6.12 (r6), and lost my framebuffer console. No console whatsoever, actually, but xdm starts OK. Checking .config, I see # Console display driver support # CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=m Oh, and also, FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE should be =y Will try that (only tomorrow night, I can't access my home box until then). Still, what about the dummy thing? The configurator doesn't give a chance. Is it OK like this? Seems ok (I have the same thing). Looking at the Kconfig file in drivers/video/console, I find: config VGA_CONSOLE bool VGA text console if EMBEDDED || !X86 depends on !ARCH_ACORN !ARCH_EBSA110 !4xx !8xx !SPARC32 !SPARC64 !M68K !PARISC default y [...] Which means that VGA_CONSOLE is only configurable if you are doing an EMBEDDED or non-x86 configuration. For normal x86 builds, VGA_CONSOLE will always be available, since it defaults to 'y' Later on, we find: config DUMMY_CONSOLE bool depends on PROM_CONSOLE!=y || VGA_CONSOLE!=y || SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE!=y default y There seems to be a bit of a hole in the logic here, becuase PROM_CONSOLE is only configurable if you are on SPARC, and SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE is only configurable if you are on an SGI. So on x86, you are guaranteed both that VGA_CONSOLE will be =y, which means the middle conditional fails, but both of the other conditionals are true, so the whole statement is true. So you will get DUMMY_CONSOLE, and you will not have a chance to configure it since there is no title after the bool. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] dummy console
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Richard Fish wrote: Oh, and also, FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE should be =y Well, that made it! :) Seems ok (I have the same thing). Looking at the Kconfig file in drivers/video/console, I find: config VGA_CONSOLE bool VGA text console if EMBEDDED || !X86 depends on !ARCH_ACORN !ARCH_EBSA110 !4xx !8xx !SPARC32 !SPARC64 !M68K !PARISC default y [...] Which means that VGA_CONSOLE is only configurable if you are doing an EMBEDDED or non-x86 configuration. For normal x86 builds, VGA_CONSOLE will always be available, since it defaults to 'y' Later on, we find: config DUMMY_CONSOLE bool depends on PROM_CONSOLE!=y || VGA_CONSOLE!=y || SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE!=y default y There seems to be a bit of a hole in the logic here, becuase PROM_CONSOLE is only configurable if you are on SPARC, and SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE is only configurable if you are on an SGI. So on x86, you are guaranteed both that VGA_CONSOLE will be =y, which means the middle conditional fails, but both of the other conditionals are true, so the whole statement is true. So you will get DUMMY_CONSOLE, and you will not have a chance to configure it since there is no title after the bool. -Richard Thank you for the explanation. Cheers, Jorge -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] dummy console
Jorge Almeida wrote: I upgraded from kernel 2.6.11 (gentoo-sources r4) to 2.6.12 (r6), and lost my framebuffer console. No console whatsoever, actually, but xdm starts OK. Checking .config, I see # Console display driver support # CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=m # CONFIG_FONTS is not set CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y I was under the impression that CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE is set only when CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE is unset. Wrong? I'm assuming that the dummy console overrides the vga console... There is no way to unset the ugly thing. I tried make menuconfig and make xconfig. I tried commenting out that line. The line in grub.conf: kernel (hd1,2)/boot/linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hdb3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x31a pci=usepirqmask My guess is that you just don't have the appropriate framebuffer drivers configured in Device Drivers-Graphics Support. With the Gentoo sources, I recommend at least CONFIG_FB_VESA=y and CONFIG_FB_VESA_TNG=y. If you do you will need to change your boot options, as VESA_TNG doesn't use the vga= parameter: kernel (hd1,2)/boot/linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hdb3 video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED],ywrap,mtrr pci=usepirqmask -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] dummy console
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Richard Fish wrote: My guess is that you just don't have the appropriate framebuffer drivers configured in Device Drivers-Graphics Support. With the Gentoo sources, I recommend at least CONFIG_FB_VESA=y and CONFIG_FB_VESA_TNG=y. If you do you I have CONFIG_FB_VESA=y and CONFIG_FB_VESA_STD=y. will need to change your boot options, as VESA_TNG doesn't use the vga= parameter: kernel (hd1,2)/boot/linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hdb3 video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED],ywrap,mtrr pci=usepirqmask -Richard Jorge -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] dummy console
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Richard Fish wrote: Jorge Almeida wrote: I upgraded from kernel 2.6.11 (gentoo-sources r4) to 2.6.12 (r6), and lost my framebuffer console. No console whatsoever, actually, but xdm starts OK. Checking .config, I see # Console display driver support # CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=m Oh, and also, FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE should be =y Will try that (only tomorrow night, I can't access my home box until then). Still, what about the dummy thing? The configurator doesn't give a chance. Is it OK like this? Thanks, Jorge -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
