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On 25 May 2014 08:12, Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 05/24/2014 04:20 PM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: |
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>> Hi all, |
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>> Since kernel 3.12.13 (3.12.13-gentoo), the kernel boot messages have |
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>> disappeared, i.e. they are no longer displayed at boot time. All I get |
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>> is a line like "Loading kernel 3.12.13". (I just upgraded to |
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>> 3.12.20-gentoo, so now it's something like "Loading kernel 3.12.20".) |
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> What version was the previous kernel? These two options appeared |
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> recently and are capable of clobbering your console: |
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> * Mark VGA/VBE/EFI FB as generic system framebuffer (X86_SYSFB) |
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> * Simple framebuffer support (FB_SIMPLE) |
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> The first time I set them incorrectly, I got a blank screen until XFCE |
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> popped up. |
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Ka-ching! X86_SYSFB was indeed set and after I enabled FB_SIMPLE, |
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everything went back to normal. Thanks Michael! |
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