Re: vga=791 nno longer works

[marc <gmane@auxbuss.com>]

Ritesh Raj Sarraf said...
> marc on Monday 10 Oct 2005 00:30 wrote:
>
> > This is a bit odd. I've just upgraded my laptop to etch and xorg. Today,
> > I compiled a new 2.6.13.3 kernel. To my grub entry I added the option,
> > vga=791, to the kernel line, but now this has the effect of blanking the
> > screen until the boot process has completed.
> > 
> > My old 2.6.12 kernel still works quite happily with vga=791.
> > 
> > Any idea how to retrieve the "old" behaviour?
> > 
> 
> That'd happen when the Frame Buffer Console (fbcon) is enabled as a module.

Thanks. It only required that one change. It was enabled as a module in 
my previous compiles, though, so I guess something changed.

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Best,
Marc