Re: Early boot became slower
On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 08:33:16PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2017-01-25 16:26 +0100, Mattia Oss wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 05:59:42PM +0100, Mattia Oss wrote:
> >> I use grub2. I tried the "text" kernel parameter: it works but it
> >> obviously isn't what I was looking for.
> >
> > I tried with video=vesafb:off but it doesn't seem to work. I've
> > recompiled the kernel without vesafb but I get a blank screen (only at
> > the early phase).
>
> Does GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text in /etc/default/grub help? Don't forget
> to run update-grub after changing that file.
Yes as mentioned above this works but I have HUGE characters.
> > I'm open to any suggestion...
>
> I usually put the graphics driver in the initramfs to load it as early
> as possible.
>
> # echo radeon >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
> # update-initramfs -u
Thanks for the suggestions. I tried it but still got a blank screen.
At this point I think I'll stay with GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text.
At least it's fast.
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