[opensuse] How do I turn off frame-buff switch on boot ??
I'd like to keep my console in native vga/ega mode -- its' faster, I don't miss output, nor do I have long blank periods and it's more reliable (right now I see NO output from when the kernel starts to boot until the login prompt appears, so I don't know if a kernel is coming up or has hung until the boot process has finished). So how do I disable the switch to using the frame buffer, globally for all boots on my system? Is there a simple switch I can set somewhere? Or is this a problem (a 'bug'?)...? ;-) thanks much! -linda -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, 20:08:50 +0100, Linda Walsh wrote:
I'd like to keep my console in native vga/ega mode -- its' faster, I don't miss output, nor do I have long blank periods and it's more reliable (right now I see NO output from when the kernel starts to boot until the login prompt appears, so I don't know if a kernel is coming up or has hung until the boot process has finished).
So how do I disable the switch to using the frame buffer, globally for all boots on my system?
Is there a simple switch I can set somewhere?
It's pretty easy, as you just have to replace the eventually existing "vga=0x..." parameter in your /boot/grub/menu.lst file with "vga=normal"; to make it the default for future kernel updates, you should make the same change in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader as this file is used to generate new entries in the former file.
Or is this a problem (a 'bug'?)...? ;-)
thanks much! -linda
HTH, cheers. l8er manfred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2009/10/27 12:08 (GMT-0700) Linda Walsh composed:
I'd like to keep my console in native vga/ega mode -- its' faster, I don't miss output, nor do I have long blank periods and it's more reliable (right now I see NO output from when the kernel starts to boot until the login prompt appears, so I don't know if a kernel is coming up or has hung until the boot process has finished).
So how do I disable the switch to using the frame buffer, globally for all boots on my system?
vga=normal on all your grub lines
Is there a simple switch I can set somewhere?
See if there's a man page for /etc/sysconfig/bootloader.
Or is this a problem (a 'bug'?)...? ;-)
You do have splash=off on your Grub kernel lines, right? And/or SPLASH="no" in /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash? I use those and vga=0x317 framebuffer on my GX260 (and most other machines), and don't seem to lose anything, including speed, compared to vga=normal (no framebuffer). -- " A patriot without religion . . . is as great a paradox, as an honest man without the fear of God. . . . 2nd U.S. President, John Adams Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Mamy wrote to check here:...
See if there's a man page for /etc/sysconfig/bootloader.
---- This was my prob -- I'd set it to off more than once in grub and it kept coming back with every new kernel update.... *doh*!... Another machine that I self-install kernels on with lilo doesn't have these problems -- dang automation! :-) thanks for the reminders... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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