On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 08:33:16PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2017-01-25 16:26 +0100, Mattia Oss wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 05:59:42PM +0100, Mattia Oss wrote: > >> 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.
Yes as mentioned above this works but I have HUGE characters. > > 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 Thanks for the suggestions. I tried it but still got a blank screen. At this point I think I'll stay with GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text. At least it's fast.
