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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel boot messages are no longer displayed
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On 05/24/2014 04:20 PM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Since kernel 3.12.13 (3.12.13-gentoo), the kernel boot messages have
> disappeared, i.e. they are no longer displayed at boot time. All I get
> is a line like "Loading kernel 3.12.13". (I just upgraded to
> 3.12.20-gentoo, so now it's something like "Loading kernel 3.12.20".)
> 

What version was the previous kernel? These two options appeared
recently and are capable of clobbering your console:

  * Mark VGA/VBE/EFI FB as generic system framebuffer (X86_SYSFB)
  * Simple framebuffer support (FB_SIMPLE)

The first time I set them incorrectly, I got a blank screen until XFCE
popped up.