Re: [gentoo-user] Initial console messages garbled

[Robin Atwood <robin@binro.org>]

On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:55:18 +0700
> > Robin,
> >  are you comfortable just going with a bare-bones console and build
> > a new kernel where you _disable_ CONFIG_FB? That might do it.
> > 
> > Alternately, you can hook up a serial cable to another computer and
> > set "console=ttyS0,115200n8".  
> 
> I will try that, if it works it will at least give me a chance to look
> at the error messages.

I couldn't disable CONFIG_FB in the kernel, only select "module" or
"built-in" mode. I guess there is another parameter which needs
disabling. Researching that, I discovered you can disable frame-buffer
on the kernel command line. Also, that there might be an option in the
BIOS to set but I checked that and found nothing. So I rebooted and
used Grub to edit the kernel parameters and set "VGA=NORMAL NOMODESET".
This resulted in the usual initial garbage which was not cured by
loading the frame-buffer module. So disabling frame-buffer support made
things worse, which is rather what I was expecting. :(

Given the almost total lack of response to my post, I guess I am stuck
with this problem.

Thanks
Robin
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