Re: kernel upgrade, no console

From: Justin Guerin (jguerin_at_cso.atmel.com)
Date: 11/15/05

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    On Friday 11 November 2005 05:54, Matt Price wrote:
    > recently compiled a new kernel (2.6.14, with suspend2 patches applied)
    > & found that
    > a) on boot the screen stayed blank until gdm started up, and
    > b) once the system was up pressing ctrl-alt-f1 gave a wierd mash of
    > colors, so that the console is unusable (or almost -- once or twice
    > I've been able to switch into console and issue a couple of blind
    > commands, like "/etc/init.d/gdm restart").
    >
    > I was able to fix the former by removing the "vga=" option from the
    > kernel line in my grub entry, but the latter remains broken. I
    > assume this has something to do with the framebuffer (maybe?), but I
    > have e.g. VESA and VGA support compiled into the kernel (not modules
    > as I have no initrd on this system -- wasn't working with suspend2,
    > doubtless b/c of my incompetence). Not sure if I'm missing some other
    > crucial factor.
    >
    > Anyone who can tell me where to look in my .config?
    >
    > thanks,
    >
    > matt
    >
    What's the status of CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE? If it's a module, what
    happens when you load the fbcon module?

    Justin Guerin 

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