Am Fr, den 17.09.2004 schrieb Ralf Corsepius um 11:15: > > > I don't have any fb-kernel-parameter set and am booting into > > > "init level 3". No problems at all. > > > > But then you do not need a console framebuffer. Sorry, that should have read "then you do not use a console framebuffer". > Very likely. > > > > Is it an issue with "rhgb"? I am not using it. > > > > What issue? What are you speaking about? > Symptom: Distorted, completely unreadable graphics trash if rhgb is > enabled on a machine with Nvidia graphics card. I see. Curious that I never saw this effect with my NVidia card and the NVidia closed source drivers. I have heard from others, using these drivers and framebuffer and equal problems. Well known is also the effect which Eric describes. > > Yes, RHGB does use framebuffer mode. > I know ... together with Wolfgang's remark this gives a nice picture. > > I don't seem to need frame buffered consoles, nor do I need eye-candy as > rhgb, so I am probably getting away without kernel parameters (Makes me > wonder why, besides rhgb, I would want frame-buffered consoles) A framebuffer console can be nice if you work much on console rather than with X terminals. It gives you the ability to display much more on the monitor because you have a higher resolution than 80x25 lines. > Ralf Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel 2.6.8-1.521smp Serendipity 11:53:02 up 18 days, 9:09, load average: 0.66, 0.37, 0.19
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