Masaru Nomiya composed on 2024-09-02 09:31 (UTC+0900):
The nomodeset parameter only means that the font size and resolution settings are not left to the video driver.
That included "only" makes the statement wrong. If there wasn't something else handling resolution and font size, all the pre-UEFI PCs would either be using 80x25 BIOS mode, direct program control, or some kind of driver that doesn't require KMS. Without some kind of graphics driver, there is no control, absent a kernel framebuffer, which most kernel builds still include. The fallback drivers that work without KMS are just more limited in capability, using methods existing prior to existence of KMS. IME, kernels routinely continue to obey the VESA vga= parameter. It normally gets quickly overridden by KMS, but with KMS disabled, it's retained on the vttys, with 4:3 modes up to at least 1280x1024 if not 1600x1200, depending on GPU. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata