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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Holly Bostick [mailto:motub@××××××.nl] |
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> Sent: 23 August 2005 16:19 |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Boot stalls after install of 2005.1 |
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> Marcel Romijn schreef: |
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> > I assumed that even though the kernel has framebuffer |
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> support built in, |
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> > it won't use it if it is not configured as kernel parameter in |
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> > grub.conf. |
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> > Maybe that was a wrong assumption? |
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> Yes, it was. The settings in grub.conf are supposed to override the |
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> kernel settings. But if the framebuffer is set in the kernel, |
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> naturally |
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> the kernel is going to start the framebuffer. It is, after all, the |
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> kernel, and the kernel is king of the hill. |
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> If you don't want a framebuffer, remove framebuffer support from your |
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> kernel config. |
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> Unless there's a setting in grub.conf to disable the |
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> previously-initialized framebuffer. If there was, you could use that, |
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> but I don't even know if such a setting exists, and seems like extra |
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> work in any case (enabling the framebuffer just to disable it with an |
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> override that may or may not work). |
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Perhaps adding -nofb to the kernel will help? |
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Also, why did you change your 1024x768-32@85 to 1024x768-32@60 - did you |
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change your monitor? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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