[ltp] T520 Intel VESA driver

Martin Steigerwald linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 4 Jul 2011 20:21:16 +0200


Am Donnerstag, 16. Juni 2011 schrieb Jeffrey L. Taylor:
> Is anyone using the VESA driver on a T520 w/ the Intel graphics?  What
> is the driver name?  "vesa" gives a black screen and I can't switch to
> a virtual terminal (e.g., Crtl-Alt-F1), though I can reboot
> (Ctrl-Alt-Delete).

Why do you want to use VESA driver?

AFAIR "vesa" is the right name.

I think VESA driver does not use KMS, so it might be better to disable KMS 
with "nomodeset" kernel parameter.

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