Turns out this isn't actually a bug, but a deliberate policy decision
upstream in the kernel.
fbcon is now mandatory if you use kernel modesetting.
I've also spoken to developers of graphics drivers and going back would
bring in VGA which would cause hardware conflicts with modern GPU
Shentino, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment
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Shentino, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any
activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If
so, could you please test for this with the latest development release
of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com
Personally I really don't like the fact that kms forces fbcon, or that
later versions of the video card drivers make kms mandatory.
Text consoles are fast and snappy and have that 9th pixel column to
cleanly separate characters from each other, something that fbcon lacks.
Since the upstreams
Just a note though, if they could find a way to simulate the 9x16
character cell behavior of legacy vga console I'd be an order of
magnitude more tolerant of fbcon.
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Forcing fbcon is a problem with HP nx6125, which has Radeon XPRESS 200M, as
this laptop cannot resume from suspend if a framebuffer is used. I had to
disable KMS so I could use suspend/resume. So I hope we are not forced to use
fbcon.
I don't understand the remarks about a text console, as I
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The official upstream kernel at kernel.org, version 2.6.32.1 reveals
that fbcon is now a hard dependency of both intel and radeon kms, and
nvidia already ditched vgacon ages ago.
Personally, I don't like that vgacon was pulled out from under me so
suddenly but unless someone wants to fight with
Marking fix released as the upstream now forbids usage of KMS without
fbcon.
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Remarking as in progress since I'm not sure if the ubuntu version of
the kernel has the upstream dependency fix yet.
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Really this is a kernel issue, especially with KMS xorg isn't involved
in setting up the consoles.
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I have more information.
It's not limited to intel gfx.
I've just found out that nouveau and radeon are also falling in line to
disable vga console during KMS.
This seems more like a conspiracy to kill vgacon. All three major
vendors are refusing to support it with KMS enabled.
This is a bona
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Hi shentino,
Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn` and `dmesg`, and attach your
/var/log/Xorg.0.log (and maybe Xorg.0.log.old) file from after reproducing this
issue. If you're using a custom /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.
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Just confirmed with the intel folks.
this is not a bug. KMS conflicts with vga console and thus fbcon is
mandatory.
Anyone wishing to take advantage of KMS, kiss text mode goodbye.
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Link to where this decision was made official.
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-
gfx/2009-February/001215.html
Any resolution of this problem will require cooperation from intel.
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