On 04/07/2010 05:19 PM, Andy Isaacson wrote: > On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 04:43:44PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >>> or you can add >>> boot_params.screen_info.orig_video_isVGA == 1 >>> or double check scan pci tree to see if video is there or not >> >> Perhaps boot_params.screen_info.orig_video_isVGA != 1 because he's not >> booting in a text mode? > > It's a pretty standard grub2 install (Debian unstable, > 1.98~20100128-1.2) with something approaching the default config. Grub > does seem to put the console in some annoying framebuffer format to draw > the boot menu, but IIRC it switches back to VGA textmode before booting > the kernel. Grub2 gratuitously bypasses the 16-bit initialization code in the Linux kernel, that could easily be a source of bugs (and with Grub's track record, probably is.) -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
