On 18 April 2013 23:41, Martin Decky <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Jiri,
>
>
>> If I disable compositor in the init program (to force legacy console
>> even with framebuffer), then after the framebuffer driver loads,
>> nothing is drawn on the screen.
>
>
> You are indeed operating under wrong assumptions. There is no graphical
> alternative to the compositor. If you need to use a text mode output, you
> have to disable the (VESA) framebuffer completely (and keep just the EGA
> text mode configured).
>

Any chance I could get EGA working with more than 25 lines?

>> PS: The reason I want to disable compositor is because it still locks
>> up for me (qemu i386 with or without kvm, updated Arch Linux).
>
>
> Maybe a good motivation to identify the root cause of the lockup? :)
>
>

That is going to be difficult, with basically no output available. :)

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