On 25 May 2014 08:12, Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 05/24/2014 04:20 PM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Since kernel 3.12.13 (3.12.13-gentoo), the kernel boot messages have >> disappeared, i.e. they are no longer displayed at boot time. All I get >> is a line like "Loading kernel 3.12.13". (I just upgraded to >> 3.12.20-gentoo, so now it's something like "Loading kernel 3.12.20".) >> > > What version was the previous kernel? These two options appeared > recently and are capable of clobbering your console: > > * Mark VGA/VBE/EFI FB as generic system framebuffer (X86_SYSFB) > * Simple framebuffer support (FB_SIMPLE) > > The first time I set them incorrectly, I got a blank screen until XFCE > popped up.
Ka-ching! X86_SYSFB was indeed set and after I enabled FB_SIMPLE, everything went back to normal. Thanks Michael!
