tags 369303 moreinfo thanks Compiling fbcon in the image will not help anything, the getty is already using it and the penguin logo is served by it. You have wrong console settings for the kernel. I don't think this is a bug at all. The default kernel command line as now is "console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0", so it uses the serial console and the fb console. Bastian -- You! What PLANET is this! -- McCoy, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0