From: Sam Longon <samlongon@gmail.com>
To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
Subject: Black screen problem with vga text mode
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:27:08 +0000
Greetings!
I just installed debian 30r3 (woody) a few days ago on my ibm r40 laptop.
It seemed that the ethernet adaptor and the sound card didn't work with the
default kernel linux 2.2.20 idepci. So I upgraded the kernel to 2.4.19.
This solved the ethernet and sound problems. However, it brought me another
problem: the screen went black after the grub loaded the kernel with the
option vga=0x303, which had been working well with 2.2.20. I could solve
the problem by removing this option but that's not good enough. I like
working under a vga mode text screen which looks much better than the old
80x25 mode. I tried compiling the kernel with the "frame buffer" feature
and this did solve the black screen problem and did also support the 0x303
option but (once again) brought me a new problem: if I switch between x
desktop and text console by pressing ctrl+alt+f? several times, the screen
will surely become black and with lots of green points on it. (luckily it's
not a totally static screen, at least the green points changed when i typed
something so i can easily reboot the system.)
I don't think using frame buffer a good idea on my computer. Does anyone
have any idea? Thanks a lot!
Regards
Sam