[ltp] Re: ATI fglrx 8.29.6 issues (disappearing console!)

Axel Braun linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:07:16 +0200


David Abrahams wrote:

> 
>   [ISSUE #3] fglrx garbles my consoles when I use vga=884.  The
>              instant GDM starts, the console display gets all messed
>              up (still sorta readable, though).  I actually had it
>              work once when the console was on an external monitor,
>              which led me to believe vga=884 was safe with this
>              version of fglrx, but next time I booted my laptop
>              disconnected, it garbled again.  This was true of earlier
>              fglrx versions.

For the console bug, try to boot with vga=normal and see how it behaves

Cheers
Axel
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