Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 3698] New: vesafb doesn't work anymore

Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 3698] New: vesafb doesn't work anymore

[Andrew Morton]

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 05:55:57 -0800
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Subject: [Bugme-new] [Bug 3698] New: vesafb doesn't work anymore


http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3698

           Summary: vesafb doesn't work anymore
    Kernel Version: 2.6.9
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
             Owner: jsimmons@infradead.org
         Submitter: dilorenzo@kmfms.com


Distribution:
 Debian Sarge

Hardware Environment: 
 Dell Inspiron 8600 notebook / nvidia geforce graphic

Problem Description:
 I used vesafb with mode 0x314 (in lilo vga=788) until kernel 2.6.7.
 Now I decided to upgrade to 2.6.9, I did it as always: 
 make oldconfig and so on...
 But when I restart, the screen blanks, I tried it with vga=ask, but
 it didn't work with the 3xx modes, the normal modes work, but
 as I work a lot with the console I need a 'nice' one, like mode 314.
 I compared the bootlogs in /var/log/kern.log and found that with the
 2.6.7 kernel there were some lines with 'vesafb: ...' and after that
 there was a line :
 'Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37'.
 But with the 2.6.9 kernel these lines don't appear.

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