Not sure which errors are gone now. The line related to drm and vmwgfx are like the previous no blacklisting and no setting fbdev dmesg to me. Again repeating the resolution and FIFO line and not replacing the framebuffer. How the user-space tools would influence the kernel boot I cannot explain. The dkms package that goes with it does not seem to replace anything gfx related. So loosing a few lines while switching framebuffers is something I would not worry too much about. Though that should be the same with the Ubuntu and your own kernel... We probably should make the default enabled here. Aside that, something else to try: most newer framebuffer drivers (especially those related to drm drivers) will understand something like "video=800x600" instead of vga=789 (maybe video=simplefb:800x600 but according to dmesg it is already using that resolution). The resolution would be set by GRUB_GFXMODE, GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD is not used when generating the real grub config file.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1270656 Title: Ubuntu 14.04 boots to blank console Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Debian: New Status in “linux” package in Fedora: New Bug description: Ubuntu 14.04 as of 22:00 o'Clock Jan, 19th 2014 boots into blank console. Ctrl-Alt-F{1..6} does nothing or all consoles are blank, but "ps axf" shows /sbin/getty running on tty{1..6}: # ps axf | grep tty 880 tty4 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty4 885 tty5 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty5 890 tty2 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty2 891 tty3 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty3 893 tty6 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty6 4290 pts/1 S+ 0:00 \_ grep --color=auto tty 1093 tty1 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1 Removing deprecated "vga=768" from kernel commandline => doesn't boot into 800x600, keeps 640x480 Settings GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600 GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=800x600 are ignored. Grub boots up with 800x600, switches back to 640x480 (setting GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD to "keep" it is the same) kernel doesn't switch back to 800x600. Adding deprecated "vga=768" back in: Grub boots up with 800x600, switches back to 640x480, kernel switches back to 800x600, but doesn't use this console. No output at all. Keys are accepted (you can login, but you'll have to guess what is going on on the screen). Exactly the same error is found with debian. Switching to a self compiled kernel solves this error. Looks a lot like some necessary stuff for console resolution switching is missing in the debian -/ubuntu-kernels. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: util-linux 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu13 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-4.19-generic 3.13.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-4-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Jan 20 00:20:36 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-12 (403 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.3) ProcEnviron: TERM=screen-bce PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: util-linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-02-11 (342 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1270656/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp