On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> I've noticed on the occasions when I've got graphics card issues that it's
> (usually) not just X where the problem occurs; instead, it (seems to be)
> when the fonts re-initialize during boot. (Of course, since the screen
> goes blank imm
>> I've always managed to work past this, but I'm damn curious to
>> know if it can be avoided entirely, e.g., if one of the "vga=ask"
>> options might help out, or somesuch.
>
> The initscripts of modern distros all seem to reset the video mode
> and/or font during boot. I suspect it's somethin
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> I've always managed to work past this, but I'm damn curious to know if it
> can be avoided entirely, e.g., if one of the "vga=ask" options might help
> out, or somesuch.
The initscripts of modern distros all seem to reset the video mode
a
I've sometimes been able to work past video-related problems during
startup by mentioning "nomodeset" on the kernel command line.
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I've noticed on the occasions when I've got graphics card issues that it's
(usually) not just X where the problem occurs; instead, it (seems to be)
when the fonts re-initialize during boot. (Of course, since the screen
goes blank immediately thereafter, it's a bit hard to pin down. Trying to
boot
