rpm -ivh http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5/18.el5/i686/kernel-2.6.18-18.el5.i686.rpm
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On 5/15/07, Jim Perrin <
jperrin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 5/15/07, Niki Kovacs < contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On a minimal (e. g. without X) server install, one of the first things I
> do is add 'vga=788' to the 'kernel' line in /boot/grub/menu.lst, so I
> can use the framebuffer in 800x600 mode and have a better readability in
> console mode.
>
> However, I tried this on my minimal CentOS 5 install, and right after
> GRUB, the screen just blanks. I add that this (test) machine ran maybe a
> dozen other distros before, and the 'vga=788' line always did the trick.
>
> Any suggestions?
Yep, wait for centos 5.1 to be released. This was an upstream
bug/oversight and they did not include FB_VESA support in the 5.1
kernel. A bug has been filed upstream and is available for your
viewing pleasure at
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=236195
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