Bug#561008: console-setup: approximations for 'toilet -f future' symbols look different before and after X

[Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it>]

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:09:21 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote:

[...]
> But it's also OK to have the framebuffer console running at the LCD
> optimal resolution (that is to say: no special kernel parameter).
> 
> Anyway, what's not too nice is the fact that the screen is briefly
> blanked during the boot sequence, and the resolution changes during the
> boot sequence (when the KMS kicks in).
> 
> Is there a way to avoid this blanking (while keeping the framebuffer
> console, without disabling kernel mode setting)?
> 
> Maybe there's a way to obtain a given resolution for the GRUB menu and
> then keep it unchanged up to the end of the boot sequence...
> Would this avoid the brief screen blanking?

Again, is anyone aware of a way to achieve this goal (optimal
resolution earlier in the boot sequence, with no screen blanking)?


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