** Description changed: - Binary package hint: usplash - - Problem : If you start with vga=791 (for 17"< / or vga=0x0344 (mode for - 15"SXGA Laptop)) no Console can be used/seen cause black!!! + Problem: by default, consoles use 80x25 characters. This is + uncomfortable for those using consoles. The usual cure is to add a + vga=791 (for 17"< / or vga=0x0344 (mode for 15"SXGA Laptop)) to the + kernel command line (in /boot/grub/menu.lst) in order to increase the + console resolution. The cure requires framebuffers to be working. + However, in Gutsy (7.10) this causes consoles to be unusable!!! Workaround, using framebuffers: 1. sudo vi /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add fbcon and vesafb so my /etc/initramfs-tools/modules looks like: fbcon vesafb 2. sudo update-initramfs -u 3. sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer change the line "blacklist vesafb" to "# blacklist vesafb" # perhaps switch other free like nvidiafb... 4. reboot thats a very bad Bug in Gutsy... if Xservers do not start beginners run away... cause nobody of them is abler to locate the problem. DO NEVER HIDE CONSOLES!! - - Saïvann : Bug reporter reproduced this bug with VIA Technologies, Inc. - UniChrome Pro IGP [VIA P4M890 Chipset] and ATI Technologies Inc RV280 - [Radeon 9200 PRO]
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