On 2017-01-25 16:26 +0100, Mattia Oss wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 05:59:42PM +0100, Mattia Oss wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 05:36:58PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> > On 2017-01-24 17:13 +0100, Mattia Oss wrote:
>> > > Any way to fix this without recompiling?
>> >
>> > Try not to load vesafb in the first place. Which bootloader do you use?
>>
>> I use grub2. I tried the "text" kernel parameter: it works but it
>> obviously isn't what I was looking for.
>
> I tried with video=vesafb:off but it doesn't seem to work. I've
> recompiled the kernel without vesafb but I get a blank screen (only at
> the early phase).
Does GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text in /etc/default/grub help? Don't forget
to run update-grub after changing that file.
> I'm open to any suggestion...
I usually put the graphics driver in the initramfs to load it as early
as possible.
# echo radeon >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
# update-initramfs -u
Cheers,
Sven
