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thekiller2

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Registered: 2017-09-23

Posts: 11

How to disable vesafb?

Hello there, I contacted Nvidia customer care because i have a few issues regarding their drivers... (no surprise huh ?). And they said i need to disable vesafb, how to do that and is it safe to do ?

dockland

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Registered: 2015-06-06

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Re: How to disable vesafb?

https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt

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loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,372

Re: How to disable vesafb?

If you provide details of the driver issues you are experiencing perhaps you could be provided with support for them.

thekiller2

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Registered: 2017-09-23

Posts: 11

Re: How to disable vesafb?

https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt

Could you explain how to do it?
And if it's useful here's what nvidia support said: https://pastebin.com/Wt8uRwmv

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,372

Re: How to disable vesafb?

Try seeting the kernel parameter vga=off.  You have not installed drivers directly from the nvidia site instead of using the arch packages?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,734

Re: How to disable vesafb?

This information is as unremarkable as the rest of the logs (given that the nvidia person knows what they are talking about, which isn't a given). This message is completely normal and likely to not be at all related to whatever issues you are having. So yes, describe the issues you are experiencing and details of your hardware.

Otherwise this is a prime example of a XY Problem

Last edited by V1del (2017-11-23 22:50:29)