Bug#279648: kernel-source-2.6.9: no console on vga mode

[Maximiliano Pin <mad.max@ya.com>]

> I would suggest that you are experienceing a differrent problem.
> The problem for most people seems to relate to the
> vb modules not being inserted and thus the console being blank.
> That is trivially fixed by making sure the right modules end
> up in the initrd image.
> 
> The problem you are seeing would seem to be that the driver is
> present but it the console is still not working. Are you sure
> that _all_ the drivers you need are compiled in or available as modules?

There are maybe two related bugs here, but note than both the original
sender (Zhang, in his second mail) and Mudrony Laszlo, reported to be
compiling framebuffer static, and experiencing this problem (just like me).
Yes, all the drivers I need (the same I used on 2.6.5) are compiled in
(none as module, I have never compiled fb as module).
It looks like now, in 2.6.9, fb initialization only happens when loading it
as a module.
-- 
Maximiliano Pin
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