From: Davy Durham <davy@networkstreaming.com>
To: Yapo Sebastien <sebastien.yapo@e-neyret.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: disabling all video
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 14:15:48 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41152A64.6060405@networkstreaming.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200408070008.42519.sebastien.yapo@e-neyret.com>
Perhaps is there a way/trick to accomplish this by explicitly breaking
(*at* runtime/kernel-parameter-time) the vga support that wouldn't cause
a panic?
Yapo Sebastien wrote:
>>Question: I would like the kernel not to use any of the video hardware
>>on the machine. Is there any run-time kernel parameter I can pass to
>>disable all video? (I tried console= to direct output to the serial
>>port, but ttys were still using the vga hardware.) My video card is
>>built onto the mother board, and there is no way I see to disable it
>>from the BIOS.
>>
>>
>>
>Remove "if EMBEDDED" in the VT and VT_CONSOLE section of drivers/char/Kconfig
>then reconfigure your kernel.
>You should find the old VT options in Device Drivers -> Character devices
>
>Regards
>
>Sebastien
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-07 19:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-06 19:50 disabling all video Davy Durham
2004-08-07 0:08 ` Yapo Sebastien
2004-08-07 1:50 ` Davy Durham
2004-08-07 19:15 ` Davy Durham [this message]
2004-08-08 21:41 ` Randy.Dunlap
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2004-08-06 21:53 Davy Durham
2004-08-06 22:19 ` caszonyi
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