Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757243AbXI2Aln (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:41:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752364AbXI2Alg (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:41:36 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.181]:22743 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750863AbXI2Alf (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:41:35 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=MQC5tkwej/aGbubsHK6/kOsI/kC2akuIQhrhTtH4ZLQBlvSF5d/mv2HdYazuopYSFYSgkezGxa4NLR6CmmrpvkaNVATaE3UIRlV4Ae2PocgrxQbVhMHeRMqaD7NhHja0Hd6V4WJ1DL+y65vZgXcqr80146VGE296+a70o0BrpiY= Subject: Re: vga text console not working on 2.6.23-rc8 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" To: Santiago Garcia Mantinan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20070928200352.GA2312@pul.manty.net> References: <20070928200352.GA2312@pul.manty.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:41:28 +0800 Message-Id: <1191026488.5273.12.camel@daplas> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1577 Lines: 54 On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 22:03 +0200, Santiago Garcia Mantinan wrote: > Hi! > > I have just compiled a 2.6.23-rc8 using the config from my 2.6.22 as a basis > and I came out with a not working (almost black) vga text console. > > This is what I'm getting on my logs: > > Console: colour dummy device 80x25 > console [tty0] enabled > > Instead of the old: > > Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 > > The options related to the console on my config are these: > > CONFIG_VT=y > CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y > CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y > CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y > CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y > > The machine is a AMD x64 X2 Athlon with a NForce 4 chipset, vga is a ATI > radeon and I have also set: > > CONFIG_DRM=m > CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m > > I have tried with and without CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT and > CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL with the same results. BTW: when X starts the > display is Ok. > > If you want me to do any tests or need more info just tell me. Also insert this in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c as the first statement of vgacon_startup() printk("vgacon: ORIG_VIDEO_ISVGA %x ORIG_VIDEO_MODE %x ORIG_VIDEO_LINES %x ORIG_VIDEO_COLS %x\n", ORIG_VIDEO_ISVGA, ORIG_VIDEO_MODE, ORIG_VIDEO_LINES, ORIG_VIDEO_COLS); Tony - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/