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

[David Abrahams]

Axel Braun <axel.braun@gmx.de> writes:

> 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

What is vga=normal?  If that's the same as not using a vga= option, I
know how it behaves: it works, but of course I don't see much on the
screen.

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Dave Abrahams
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