From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262767AbTL2GWS (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 01:22:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262772AbTL2GWS (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 01:22:18 -0500 Received: from ms-smtp-03.rdc-kc.rr.com ([24.94.166.129]:13713 "EHLO ms-smtp-03.rdc-kc.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262767AbTL2GWR (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 01:22:17 -0500 From: Paul Misner To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Blank Screen in 2.6.0 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 00:22:14 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.94 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200312290022.14411.paul@misner.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 28 December 2003 12:14 pm, dan@eglifamily.dnsalias.net wrote: > Ok. After being without power for the past few days due to record > snowfall, I'm alive again. So I made the changes people had recomended on > the list. Upgraded to the lastest module-init-tools, and disabled the > frame buffer support in the kernel. So the only graphic option enabled is > text mode selection. But when I boot I still get a blank screen! > > My lilo.conf contains a line: vga=773, which works beautifully under > RedHat's stock 2.4.20-8. I get a nice screen with approximately 132x48 > display. Under 2.4.20 I am not loading any frame buffer that I'm aware of. > It's not listed in my moduiles: > Just a suggestion, but why not use vga=normal, which is text mode, instead of graphics. You don't get the boot logo, but it does give you all the boot messages on 80x24. I have been having the same issues, with an Nvidia card, and I decided it wasn't worth spending any time on it, since I really just wanted to see the messages, not any pictures. Paul