public inbox for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* [gentoo-user] Frame buffer setup
@ 2022-11-02 15:20 Peter Humphrey
  2022-11-02 16:01 ` Michael
  2022-11-15  9:24 ` [gentoo-user] Frame buffer setup - SOLVED Peter Humphrey
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Peter Humphrey @ 2022-11-02 15:20 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

Hello list,

Would someone please remind me of what frame-buffer kernel settings I need for 
an i915 driver? I'm going round in circles, but whatever I try, this new 
laptop shows the initramfs-loaded message, then remains blank apart from that. 
I can see disk activity, and the machine responds to CTRL-ALT-DEL as expected; 
just no display.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.





^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread

* Re: [gentoo-user] Frame buffer setup
  2022-11-02 15:20 [gentoo-user] Frame buffer setup Peter Humphrey
@ 2022-11-02 16:01 ` Michael
  2022-11-03  8:07   ` Peter Humphrey
  2022-11-15  9:24 ` [gentoo-user] Frame buffer setup - SOLVED Peter Humphrey
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Michael @ 2022-11-02 16:01 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 548 bytes --]

On Wednesday, 2 November 2022 15:20:14 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> Would someone please remind me of what frame-buffer kernel settings I need
> for an i915 driver? I'm going round in circles, but whatever I try, this
> new laptop shows the initramfs-loaded message, then remains blank apart
> from that. I can see disk activity, and the machine responds to
> CTRL-ALT-DEL as expected; just no display.

Have a look at this page in general, paying special attention to this section:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Intel#Black_screen

[-- Attachment #2: This is a digitally signed message part. --]
[-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 833 bytes --]

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread

* Re: [gentoo-user] Frame buffer setup
  2022-11-02 16:01 ` Michael
@ 2022-11-03  8:07   ` Peter Humphrey
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Peter Humphrey @ 2022-11-03  8:07 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On Wednesday, 2 November 2022 16:01:14 GMT Michael wrote:

> Have a look at this page in general, paying special attention to this
> section:
> 
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Intel#Black_screen

Useful. Thanks Michael.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.





^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread

* Re: [gentoo-user] Frame buffer setup - SOLVED
  2022-11-02 15:20 [gentoo-user] Frame buffer setup Peter Humphrey
  2022-11-02 16:01 ` Michael
@ 2022-11-15  9:24 ` Peter Humphrey
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Peter Humphrey @ 2022-11-15  9:24 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On Wednesday, 2 November 2022 15:20:14 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> Would someone please remind me of what frame-buffer kernel settings I need
> for an i915 driver? I'm going round in circles, but whatever I try, this
> new laptop shows the initramfs-loaded message, then remains blank apart
> from that. I can see disk activity, and the machine responds to
> CTRL-ALT-DEL as expected; just no display.

After much going round in circles, I found that all I had to do was to emerge 
x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev. Why, on that machine and not on others, I can't 
imagine.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.





^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread

end of thread, other threads:[~2022-11-15  9:24 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2022-11-02 15:20 [gentoo-user] Frame buffer setup Peter Humphrey
2022-11-02 16:01 ` Michael
2022-11-03  8:07   ` Peter Humphrey
2022-11-15  9:24 ` [gentoo-user] Frame buffer setup - SOLVED Peter Humphrey

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox