Bug#471505: vga16fb framebuffer doesn't work on HP Compaq 2510p notebook
tag 471505 pending
thanks
On Friday 09 October 2009, Przemysław Kulczycki wrote:
> Any news on this bug? Lenny has been released long time ago, and squeeze
> is not frozen yet so fixing it now won't be risky.
> Also see the related Ubuntu bug:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/147250
> "Alternate install CD (both x86, AMD64) not booting on HP NX6325, HP
> 6510b and HP 2510p".
>
> As you can see, this bug affects more models than just the 2510p.
I've committed a change that changes the default video mode for normal
installs (using the newt frontend) to vga=788, which forces the VESA
framebuffer. Tested on my own HP 2510p.
The change should take effect in the next daily and weekly builds.
Here's the commit log for the change:
r60979 | fjp | 2009-10-10 14:01:55 +0200 (Sat, 10 Oct 2009) | 15 lines
Change default video mode for i386/amd64 to vga=788 for the "newt" frontend
This forces the framebuffer to VESA and will thereby solve problems
reported on various HP notebooks with the vga16fb driver (#471505).
It also increases the screen size (to 600x800, which is still quite
conservative) and thus allows more information to be displayed. Note that
dialogs should continue to be designed to work with 480x640 as other
architectures may still use that as a default, and for network-console.
vga=788 is the same video mode we use for the gtk frontend and as we've
seen very few reports of that failing the change should be safe, but it is
still somewhat experimental.
Cheers,
FJP
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