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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

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Vesafb-tng is screwing up...

I just started using the -beyond kernel, and as soon as vesafb-tng gets loaded, my screen goes black. The system stil responds and everything, but there's no visual output *at all* on the command line - I have to start X to get anything. I don't even have a VGA line in my menu.lst file, but putting one in there doesn't help either. How do I disable vesafb-tng and get my console back?! :shock:

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: Vesafb-tng is screwing up...

add the option fadein to your splash= option.

eg

splash=silent,fadein,theme:darch

iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: Vesafb-tng is screwing up...

Also, you wouldn't have a vga line for vesa-tng. The line would be video=vesafb:1024x768-32@60 or something similar. That is, unless something has changed that I'm on familiar with.

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

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Re: Vesafb-tng is screwing up...

Thanks, I'll see how that works.

(BTW, I'm using initcpio instead of initramfs... Will that make a difference? And I don't have the bootsplash stuff installed...)

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

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Re: Vesafb-tng is screwing up...

Nope, that doesn't help. Is there a way to just disable this bootsplash and vesafb stuff?

Vins

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From: Italy

Registered: 2005-12-14

Posts: 67

Re: Vesafb-tng is screwing up...

Nope, that doesn't help. Is there a way to just disable this bootsplash and vesafb stuff?

Do you have an ATI X700 graphic card?

A friend of mine had a similar problem. He had to switch back to the normal vesafb......

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

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Re: Vesafb-tng is screwing up...

No, I have VIA Unichrome... Still, how did he go about switching back? Did he have to recompile the kernel?

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

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Re: Vesafb-tng is screwing up...

you're using initcpio... have you configured it for gensplash? no.

James

Gullible Jones

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Re: Vesafb-tng is screwing up...

Ah... Thanks. Any way to just turn gensplash off?

StormBlast

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From: Moscow, Russia

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Re: Vesafb-tng is screwing up...

try

splash=off

in kernel line

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:: create while you can ::

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

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Re: Vesafb-tng is screwing up...

just dont pass the gensplash options and splash will go off.

if you want vesafb to be turned off, video=vesafb:off

Gullible Jones

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Re: Vesafb-tng is screwing up...

Thank you very much. 8)