On Sunday, January 28, 2018 11:35:33 AM CET Dan Johansson wrote: > On 28.01.2018 00:13, Corbin Bird wrote: > > Thanks for your feedback. > > > . > > Thank you for that info. > > . > > What kind of integrated VGA? > > ( example Intel i915, i965, etc. ) > > According to the MB docu is it a "ASPEED AST2400 BMC" Video controller. > > > . > > The reason I ask is that the EFI framebuffer you have enabled should be > > built into a specific video driver. > > My system has an "amdgpu" video card. > > The EFI framebuffer driver for the console is enabled. > > The specific video driver called "amdgpu" is also enabled. > > The EFI framebuffer is built as a sub-component of the specific video > > driver "amdgpu". > > . > > > > Sample dmesg output : > >> [ 6.223405] [drm] amdgpu kernel modesetting enabled. > >> [ 6.223573] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (POLARIS10 > >> 0x1002:0x67DF 0x1682:0x9480 0xC7) > >> [ 6.882691] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 240x67 > >> [ 6.900623] amdgpu 0000:01:00.0: fb0: amdgpudrmfb frame buffer device > > > > . > > If you haven't already run this command, please do so : lspci | grep -i > > VGA > # lspci | grep VGA > 06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED > Graphics Family (rev 30) > > > If the video device is a 'Aspeed ASTxxxx', the version number of the > > kernel you are using makes a big difference. > > # uname -r > 4.9.76-gentoo-r1 > > >> ASPEED's AST2500 Display To Be Supported By Linux 4.11's DRM > >> > >> https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/x-org-> > >> >> drm/935002-aspeed-s-ast2500-display-to-be-supported-by-linux-4-11-s-drm > Thanks for that link, I will have to look into that. > Although I will not be using X on this box, as it is a server, it looks > like I need to configure DRM.
On a system with the same mainboard: zcat /proc/config.gz | grep -i drm # CONFIG_DRM is not set Eg, DRM is not necessary. I don't reboot often enough to find it necessary to "fix" the UEFI boot. Mine still goes into the EFI-shell and from there I start xen. -- Joost
