Re: [Sheflug] Bootup Screen Problem

[Patrick Beaumont <lizardloop [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had a similar problem. Mine was that I had the framebuffer set to 24 bit colour depth which is apprently is too high for the 2.6 kernel so I went down to 16 bit colour and everything started working again.
I believe for grub the hex code is 0x317 for 1024x768x16bit (but don't hold me to that).

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 12:58:36 +0000
Gary Stimson <bulk [at] stimson.org.uk> wrote:

> At 10:47 12/01/2004 +0000, Tom wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 09:16:31AM +0000, Netsonic wrote:
> > > I have a feeling it is something to do with framebuffer settings in the
> > > kernel config, but I've just about had enough trying different settings
> > > and recompiling.
> > >
> >
> ><snip>
> >http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=49036
> 
> I have a similar problem with a 64mb Nvidia card. It worked fine with a 
> vga= setting on kernel 2.4.22 but with gentoo kernel 2.6.0-r1 I just get a 
> blank screen on boot. My work around was to remove the vga= and put up with 
> the 640x480 screen on boot. I boot into KDE, which still works fine at 
> 1024x768 so it's not really a problem for me.
> 
> Steve, can you let me know if you have any success with the info on the 
> link above, then I'll give it a try.
> 
> Gary
> 
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