Re: Console Goes Blank When Booting 2.6.15-rc5

[Antonino A. Daplas]

Kurt Wall wrote:
> As Jesper Juhl has reported, if I boot 2.6.15-rc5 with vga=normal,
> everything is fine. If I boot using my preferred size (vga=794),
> the console goes blank. Because I'm a touch typist, I can login and
> start X and everything is copacetic, but as soon as I leave X, I'm
> back to the blank screen. From X, if I flip over to a VC, the VC
> display is garbled and has artifacts from the X display.
> 
> This worked fine with 2.6.14.3, and I didn't change the console, 
> framebuffer, or vesa options between the two kernels. Not sure how 
> to proceed, but I sure would like my high res console screens back.

Can you recheck your .config and make sure that
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y

If that does not work, please post your dmesg and .config file.

Tony

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