On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 31 May 2010 20:04:53 -0500 > Steven P. Ulrick wrote: > >> What is "nomodeset" SUPPOSED to do? > > The newest kernels have (God knows why) moved the video > mode setting into the kernel (the only explanation I've > ever seen for why this is a good idea is that the monitor > goes "click" less often that way). So all the programming > of the hardware specific clock rates and registers on the > video card happen in the kernel during initial boot http://lwn.net/Articles/268378/ http://lwn.net/Articles/316274/ For a better understanding, you'll want to read both articles above. -- (And consider paying for a subscription to LWN. It is one of the best sources of news in the Linux community.) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
