Bug#317829: kernel-source-2.6.8: Loading of vesafb fail at the boot time
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 10:47:22PM +0200, Carl Castanier wrote:
> Package: kernel-source-2.6.8
> Severity: normal
>
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> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'stable'), (33, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-woodswolf
> Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
>
> I try to load vesafb at the boot time by append="video=vesafb" and no
> /dev/fd0 device is created. I try to compile vesafb in the kernel inside
> and as the module ; it's don't work.
> The same problem exist why the 2.6.11 version
> Jul 11 21:39:22 wolf001 kernel: Inspecting
> /boot/System.map-2.6.11-woodswolf
> Jul 11 21:39:22 wolf001 kernel: Loaded 26625 symbols from
> /boot/System.map-2.6.11-woodswolf.
> Jul 11 21:39:22 wolf001 kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.6.11.
> Jul 11 21:39:22 wolf001 kernel: No module symbols loaded - kernel
> modules not enabled.
>
> So I don't know why, but vesafb can't be load at the boot time.
> When I look for why, I test different vga mode. The scan get me 7 modes
> and only 2 works. For the others 5, I have a blank screen until the X
> server come.
Is is possible for you to test a more recent kernel, say 2.6.13-rc6. I
looked in upstream's git and there have been a few changes that might be
relevant there.
Also, could you send the output of lspci -v and the output of dmsg from
failures under various kernels.
Thanks
--
Horms
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