Lucid server doesn't include the s3fb module and the vesafb is blacklisted by default so you can't boot the Lucid install CD at all on VirtualPC (even with the "vga=xxx" options, it just uses the vga16fb driver which is garbled too)
On Lucid desktop though, the s3fb module is included, and by requesting the blacklisted vesafb module (which won't load) it does actually load the s3fb module. But by then the card has been initialized by grub already, so the s3fb works just fine. To actually use the s3fb module without initializing the card by not passing the "vga=xxx" option crashes the machine in VirtualPC, so it simply can't be tested in Lucid at all. Hmmm, I wonder if the machine crashing is related to the gfx initialization and possibly the new KMS stuff? ** Tags removed: needs-upstream-testing -- s3fb driver shows garbled console https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485252 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
