Re: vga text console not working on 2.6.23-rc8

["Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 22:03 +0200, Santiago Garcia Mantinan wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have just compiled a 2.6.23-rc8 using the config from my 2.6.22 as a basis
> and I came out with a not working (almost black) vga text console.
> 
> This is what I'm getting on my logs:
> 
> Console: colour dummy device 80x25
> console [tty0] enabled
> 
> Instead of the old:
> 
> Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
> 
> The options related to the console on my config are these:
> 
> CONFIG_VT=y
> CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
> CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y
> CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
> CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
> 
> The machine is a AMD x64 X2 Athlon with a NForce 4 chipset, vga is a ATI
> radeon and I have also set:
> 
> CONFIG_DRM=m
> CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m
> 
> I have tried with and without CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT and
> CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL with the same results. BTW: when X starts the
> display is Ok.
> 
> If you want me to do any tests or need more info just tell me.

Also insert this in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c as the first
statement of vgacon_startup()

printk("vgacon: ORIG_VIDEO_ISVGA %x ORIG_VIDEO_MODE %x ORIG_VIDEO_LINES
%x ORIG_VIDEO_COLS %x\n", ORIG_VIDEO_ISVGA, ORIG_VIDEO_MODE,
ORIG_VIDEO_LINES, ORIG_VIDEO_COLS);

Tony