On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:23:54 +0700, Ivan Shmakov wrote: >>>>>> Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes: On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:28:49 >>>>>> +0700, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > > >> How do I disable fbcon in Debian Wheezy? I'm using a custom Debian > >> Live image, and it switches to fbcon as soon as it can get to the > >> modules! > > > (...) > > > What VGA chipset? > > > I would wonder why the right driver cannot be loaded instead. > > It's not the implementation that bothers me at the moment, but rather > the approach. VGA console works for me, and I see no compelling reason > to switch. Especially given the necessity to configure at least the > resolution (BTW, I've tried fbset(8), but it apparently refuses to set > either 640x512 or 1280x1024) and the font (though setfont(8) works > correctly.)
Console fonts (face and size) can be tweaked from "/etc/default/console-setup". > Also, I guess that fbcon (in certain configurations) may be > incompatible with KVM over IP solutions (see, e. g., [1]), and while > I'm not using one at the time, I'd be hesitant to using fbcon on the > servers under my control. > > [1] http://wiki.metawerx.net/wiki/News > > Moreover, I see that the reboot(8) operation was changed from going > through the BIOS to re-initialization of just the kernel. There, the > shutting down kernel instance doesn't switch off to a VGA text mode, > which is contrary to the assumptions of the starting instance, thus > resulting in a screwed display for the initial stages of the boot > process. > > Otherwise, fbcon works pretty much correctly for the case in question. > As per lsmod, the driver is i915. Intel KMS requires fbcon, unless this has changed recently... and for Intel cards KMS is also mandatory, so I dunno what to suggest :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.07.24.15.33...@gmail.com
