On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 08:44:27AM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > All this seems to suggest there are three things going on:
That's four things ;-) > - grub leaves the GPU in a graphical mode Correct. Although it needs to be more careful not to do this unless it is supported (unfortunately Linux boot protocol doesn't provide this information in a parseable header like Multiboot does). > - vesafb can’t use it or switch out of it vesafb should be able to use it. If it can't, it's definitely a bug (not sure where, maybe in GRUB or maybe in Linux). > - various KMS drivers _can_ switch out of it, though If they can't, it's an internal conflict between Linux components, but this seems to be getting better on their side. > - without a framebuffer driver, Linux can’t switch out of it. Correct. That's why we need to be more careful. Please test the patch I attached in previous mail. Thanks! -- Robert Millan "Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Gandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org