From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: born.into.silence@gmail.com, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10877] New: black screen when booting using vesafb
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 14:09:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080606140907.bb35fc27.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bug-10877-10286@http.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
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On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:54:30 -0700 (PDT)
bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10877
>
> Summary: black screen when booting using vesafb
> Product: Drivers
> Version: 2.5
> KernelVersion: 2.6.24 - 2.6.25-rc4 - 2.6.26.4 - 2.6.26.5
> Platform: All
> OS/Version: Linux
> Tree: Mainline
> Status: NEW
> Severity: normal
> Priority: P1
> Component: Console/Framebuffers
> AssignedTo: jsimmons@infradead.org
> ReportedBy: born.into.silence@gmail.com
>
>
> Latest working kernel version: None
> Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.24
> Distribution: gentoo
> Hardware Environment: Asus m51se laptop
> Software Environment:
> Problem Description: Screen goes black when using vga=xxx setting on boot, but
> the radeon HD 3470 is said to be vesa-compliant. Tested values : 791, 788, 791,
> 789. System keeps booting (I can ssh the box)
>
> Steps to reproduce: boot with vga=xxx
istr we've seen other reports of recent problems with vga=, but I don't
recall the outcome?
Thanks.
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[not found] <bug-10877-10286@http.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
2008-06-06 21:09 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2008-06-07 8:26 ` [Bugme-new] [Bug 10877] New: black screen when booting using vesafb Krzysztof Helt
2008-06-07 18:43 ` Krzysztof Helt
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