Hello to All:
I found it! On Debian Woody, the system looks for the following file:
/proc/fb
The presence of this file tells the OS that a video frame buffer is
installed. The contents of contains the name of the frame
buffer. This is the contents on this sytem:
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Hi Oliver:
Thanks. However, I don't use LILO anymore; I use GRUB to directly boot
the kernel.
I was aware that the LILO bootloader could be use to pass messages to
the kernel at boot-up time. I was really hoping to disable the frame
buffer via a configuration file.
I seem to remember that ther
How can I keep the kernel from using the video frame buffer in Woody?
In particular, is there a configuration file that controls use of the
frame buffer. I cannot find it and I have looked high and low.
Regards,
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