Re: Linux 2.6.14.4 [intelfb problem]

Antonino A. Daplas
2005-12-18T23:16:28Z

Sebastian Kaergel wrote:
> "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sometimes, this is just a problem with the bootloader not recognizing
>> the option parameters.
>>
>>> image=/boot/2.6.14.4-3
>>> append="video=intelfb"
>> 'cat /proc/cmdline' should confirm if your options where actually passed
>> unchanged to the kernel.
>
> $ cat /proc/cmdline
> BOOT_IMAGE=2.6.14.4 ro root=301 lapic video=intelfb
>
> cmdline looks fine
>

No. You're missing the vga=791 parameter which is required by intelfb (if
connected to a flatpanel).

Why not change the lilo.conf to something like this?

append="vga=791 video=intelfb" # video=intelfb is not required if not passing
# parameters to intelfb