[gentoo-user] Initial console messages garbled [REPOST]

2020-06-28 Thread Robin Atwood
rs in various places should I try tweaking? Thanks Robin 1. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1114668-highlight-.html > From: "Sid Spry" > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Initial console messages garbled > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:03:12 -050

Re: [gentoo-user] Initial console messages garbled

2020-06-28 Thread Dale
Robin Atwood wrote: > > Given the almost total lack of response to my post, I guess I am stuck > with this problem. > > Thanks > Robin The likely reason you are not getting many responses, you replied to a message in another thread and only changed the subject line.  I don't know anything about s

Re: [gentoo-user] Initial console messages garbled

2020-06-28 Thread Sid Spry
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 2:55 AM Robin Atwood wrote: > > > > On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:31:30 -0400 > > tedheadster wrote: > > > > > Robin, > > > are you comfortable just going with a bare-bones console and build a > > > new kernel where you _disable_ CONFIG_FB? That might do it. > > > > > > Altern

Re: [gentoo-user] Initial console messages garbled

2020-06-28 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 2:55 AM Robin Atwood wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:31:30 -0400 > tedheadster wrote: > > > Robin, > > are you comfortable just going with a bare-bones console and build a > > new kernel where you _disable_ CONFIG_FB? That might do it. > > > > Alternately, you can hook

Re: [gentoo-user] Initial console messages garbled

2020-06-28 Thread Robin Atwood
On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:55:18 +0700 > > Robin, > > are you comfortable just going with a bare-bones console and build > > a new kernel where you _disable_ CONFIG_FB? That might do it. > > > > Alternately, you can hook up a serial cable to another computer and > > set "console=ttyS0,115200n8". >

Re: [gentoo-user] Initial console messages garbled

2020-06-24 Thread Robin Atwood
On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:31:30 -0400 tedheadster wrote: > Robin, > are you comfortable just going with a bare-bones console and build a > new kernel where you _disable_ CONFIG_FB? That might do it. > > Alternately, you can hook up a serial cable to another computer and > set "console=ttyS0,115200

Re: [gentoo-user] Initial console messages garbled

2020-06-24 Thread Robin Atwood
On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 12:54:32 -0400 Jack wrote: > I can't answer your question, but I can suggest that you start a new > thread with a new message, not replying to an old message, even if > you do change the subject. Many email readers thread discussions > using internal message headers, not jus

Re: [gentoo-user] Initial console messages garbled

2020-06-24 Thread tedheadster
Robin, are you comfortable just going with a bare-bones console and build a new kernel where you _disable_ CONFIG_FB? That might do it. Alternately, you can hook up a serial cable to another computer and set "console=ttyS0,115200n8". - Matthew

Re: [gentoo-user] Initial console messages garbled

2020-06-24 Thread Jack
On 2020.06.24 12:39, Robin Atwood wrote: I posted about this on the Gentoo forums (see [1]) but didn't get any response so I'll try my luck here! The post explains everything but. briefly, normally when I boot a kernel I initially get some messages in a large clunky font, and then the frame-

[gentoo-user] Initial console messages garbled

2020-06-24 Thread Robin Atwood
I posted about this on the Gentoo forums (see [1]) but didn't get any response so I'll try my luck here! The post explains everything but. briefly, normally when I boot a kernel I initially get some messages in a large clunky font, and then the frame-buffer module loads and everything is hi-res and