Re: PROBLEM: blank boot screen on linux-2.6.0-test4 (with workaround)

[Dave Jones]

On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 11:52:17PM -0700, Chris Peterson wrote:
 > As Charles suggested, here are my .config files for my linux-2.4.20-8
 > (Redhat 9) and linux-2.6.0-test4 builds. CONFIG_FB_VESA is enabled for 2.6,
 > but vga=773 still does not work (and video=vga16:off is still needed, unlike
 > 2.4). I am using a Dell Latitude C400 laptop, which uses an Intel i810 video
 > card, which only recently been supported by Redhat 9 and XFree86.
 > 
 > I've also tried Redhat's arjanv's linux-2.6 RPMs, which include the
 > following known problems for the AGP modules. The AGP problem definitely
 > affects my laptop because I just "modprobe intel-agp" before startx will
 > work. Could this same AGP problem be causing my vga=773 problems?

No. vesafb should be fine. i810fb may have interactions with agpgart,
but you can't load that without intel-agp anyway, so thats not your
problem.

		Dave

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