From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KN3Qr-0002aN-GF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:24:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3669DE03AF; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:24:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out2.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out2.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.107]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 921FFE03AF for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:24:51 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAOvoi0jLO9T+/2dsb2JhbACtQQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.31,259,1215360000"; d="scan'208";a="346831930" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([203.59.212.254]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out2.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 27 Jul 2008 18:24:49 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2569F12F351D for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:24:49 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id z0SHZ6SE7CQj for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:24:47 +0800 (WST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (rattus [192.168.1.2]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82AFF10FA4D6 for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:24:47 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: blank consoles after X starts From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <28da1bb0807270242u526b8f02gbce2e50bca0fd161@mail.gmail.com> References: <1217115456.14561.10.camel@rattus.localdomain> <1217125191.14561.12.camel@rattus.localdomain> <28da1bb0807262330m24ba7b9ev666600912af1f930@mail.gmail.com> <28da1bb0807270008q4249875ambf74899d8170d954@mail.gmail.com> <28da1bb0807270242u526b8f02gbce2e50bca0fd161@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Organization: Home in Perth! Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:24:47 +0800 Message-Id: <1217154287.18004.5.camel@rattus.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 7b0e41f8-f751-4a0a-bd58-9baf22a2ec75 X-Archives-Hash: 329e5d4d53ffdd9b6e0688a7d5e04841 I went through the kernel options turning everything on for console and now I have it back. BillK On Sun, 2008-07-27 at 11:42 +0200, Jorge Mart=EDnez L=F3pez wrote: > Hello! >=20 > 2008/7/27 Nikos Chantziaras : > [...] > > I was always getting that one too, but other than this message, it wa= s > > working. > > > > I switched from uvesafb to vesafb at some point (to have the boot spl= ash > > enabled right at boot without any delay). If you're on x86 or AMD64 = you > > might want to try that one (compile in-kernel, not as module). >=20 > I installed the klibc and v86d versions mentioned in the bug report > and it seems to work again. >=20 > uvesafb was working perfectly for me, without any delays at boot. It > has been included in the mainline kernel and it seems to be "The Way > to Go" (TM). >=20 > Greetings! --=20 William Kenworthy Home in Perth!