[ltp] Radeon or VESA framebuffer console with kernel 2.6

Reed Gregory linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 5 Jul 2004 12:50:25 -0400


You need to make sure you have virtual console support in the kernel.

Console Display Driver Support
-> video mode selection support
->framebuffer console support.

I missed these once and the vesa fb would not work.

Reed 

On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 19:39:27 +0200, Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I tried to use the framebuffer console with kernel 2.6 on my A30 with a
> Radeon M6 LY and a Radeon 9600 in the desktop computer. I hadn't any
> luck with both the VESA and Radeon framebuffer. VESA just produces a
> black screen (tried vga=0x303, 0x301, 791) and video=radeonfb only
> shows ja jumping cursor on the bottom of the screen but the rest is
> empty. I use 2.6.6-mm1.
> 
> Is there anyone who had more luck? A kernel config and corresponding
> kernel command line would be nice.
> 
> Regards,
> Tino
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