From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755131AbXKEWUk (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:20:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752782AbXKEWUd (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:20:33 -0500 Received: from hpsmtp-eml19.KPNXCHANGE.COM ([213.75.38.84]:14450 "EHLO hpsmtp-eml19.kpnxchange.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752700AbXKEWUd (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:20:33 -0500 From: Frans Pop To: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: 2.6.23: No text consoles with FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 23:20:30 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200710132013.24024.elendil@planet.nl> <1192340601.6548.11.camel@daplas> In-Reply-To: <1192340601.6548.11.camel@daplas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711052320.31003.elendil@planet.nl> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Nov 2007 22:20:31.0348 (UTC) FILETIME=[13BCBB40:01C81FFA] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 14 October 2007, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 20:13 +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > I could solve this issue in two ways: > > - boot with VGA=791 parameter (initial boot was without VGA= parameter) > > - compile kernel without FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY set (I also > > unset FB_VIRTUAL, but without its boot param that should be a no-op) > > After looking at vfb.c again, it seems the default is for vfb to be > enabled and you have to actively disable vfb either with > > video=vfb:disable or video=vfb:off > > I have to change this behavior. In the meantime, try one of the above > options. I'm not sure if there's been any progress on this issue, but to make sure it does not get forgotten, I've just filed a BR under drivers/video(other) and added that as blocker to #9056 (2.6.23 regressions): http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9310 Cheers, FJP