Re: [REGRESSION 2.6.23] no vga console and no messages

[Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>]

On Sunday 17 February 2008, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Frans Pop wrote:
> > Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> > > For some reason I can't see and don't know how to debug, in 2.6.23 on
> > > my server I don't get the vga console, but only get the dummy
> > > console.
> >
> > Please check if this bug report matches the issue you are seeing:
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9310
>
> I think mine might be different. I've got a vga parameter (vga=0x301),
> and mine disappears very early, before when you usually get "Console:
> colour VGA+ 80x25" (and I'm getting "Console: coloud dummy 80x25"
> instead). I've also got CONFIG_FB turned off entirely.

The main question is: do you have FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY enabled 
in you kernel config. If you do, I'd try disabling it.

> But if you've got any insight into how the console driver stuff works
> from troubleshooting your problem, I could use the hints...

Afraid not. Are you sure you have the correct framebuffer driver compiled 
into the kernel?

Please post your kernel config and the output of 'lspci -nn', so people can 
have a look.