As described in my careless post to a duplicate bug report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/391705/comments/10
this happens to me as well. Acer SK20, Intel 845 graphics so I don't think it's just an nVidia issue. The following lines from dmesg (attached) are interesting: [ 3.663897] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 [ 3.681482] i915 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 3.681491] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 3.822499] [drm] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device [ 3.822515] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0 [ 3.834769] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x43 [ 3.907975] render error detected, EIR: 0x00000010 [ 3.907981] [drm:i915_handle_error] *ERROR* EIR stuck: 0x00000010, masking [ 3.908009] render error detected, EIR: 0x00000010 [ 3.922937] [drm] DAC-5: set mode 640x350 13 [ 4.053962] vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd8000000, mapped to 0xe0680000, using 3072k, total 8000k [ 4.053968] vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, linelength=2048, pages=4 [ 4.053971] vesafb: scrolling: redraw [ 4.053978] vesafb: Truecolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0 [ 4.054063] fb1: VESA VGA frame buffer device It looks like the option is not being ignored, but is failing to do what it should. ** Attachment added: "dmesg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38185397/dmesg.txt -- vga=791 kernel line option breaks tty consoles https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391215 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
