Re: Intel Poulsbo [psb] driver for Asus Eeepc 1101

["Éric Piel" <eric.piel@tremplin-utc.net>]

Op 07-12-09 10:43, Zeno Davatz schreef:
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Éric Piel <Eric.Piel@tremplin-utc.net> wrote:
>> Op 06-12-09 17:35, Zeno Davatz schreef:
>> :
>>> Yes, thanks. That helped another step. I am getting the correct screen
>>> resolution after enabling that in the kernel as well. The boot [ok]
>>> messages of Gentoo are in a higher resolution now though. That is a
>>> good start.
>>>
>>> But after my X starts I get a black screen with a
>>>
>>> -
>>>
>>> in the top left corner. They keyboard also does not work. May be an
>>> X.org config problem.
>>>
>> I've got similar behaviour here if psb is loaded before the X server starts
>> (aka there is a framebuffer). If the console is just ascii (no vga=...
>> argument on the kernel boot line, and no "modprobe psb"), then X starts
>> fine.
> 
> What are the exact options that you are using for "no vga"?
> 
> My terminal seems to automatically load "psb". I have no modprobe
> loading "psb" explicitly.
> 
Well, I don't know exactly how it works, probably it's part of the
initrd. Here, on Mandriva, if I remove the "vga" argument, it
automatically stays in ascii mode.

You could use lsinitrd to check your initrd.
Eric