I compared the initrd image of Feisty with Gutsy: Feisty /conf/modules:
capability vesafb fbcon dm_mod unix Feisty has the drivers: /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/kernel/drivers/video/vga16fb.ko /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/kernel/drivers/video/vesafb.ko /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/kernel/drivers/video/console/fbcon.ko In Feisty vesafb and fbcon are modules: CONFIG_FB_VESA=m CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=m Gutsy /conf/modules: apparmor fuse capability fan thermal unix Gutsy has the drivers: /lib/modules/2.6.22-11-generic/kernel/drivers/video/vga16fb.ko /lib/modules/2.6.22-11-generic/kernel/drivers/video/console/fbcon.ko So far I've been unable to find any documentation on why the change was made, although I did notice some discussion relating to usplash. In Gutsy vesafb is built into the kernel and fbcon is a module: CONFIG_FB_VESA=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=m To set VGA modes for vesafb the kernel command-line options differ from fbcon: http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt so for 1024 x 768 x 24-bit colour: vga=0x318 and for 1280 x 1024 x 24-bit colour: vga=0x31B -- tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
