Comment 277 for bug 129910

Hi,

i am running ubuntu 7.10. last week i did a kernel update to 2.6.22-4-generic.
after that i lost my system's framebuffer capability.

i did following to re-enable it:

content of /etc/initramfs-tools/modules:

fbcon
vesafb

---------( eof )-------------

change the end of /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/kernelextras:

# And add vga16fb for usplash to use as well
#manual_add_modules vga16fb
manual_add_modules vesafb

#if [ ${fbcon} = "y" ]; then
        force_load fbcon
#fi

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my /etc/modules contains the 3 lines:

fbcon
vesafb
vga16fb

remove the vesafb and fbcon from /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer
do a: update-initramfs -u -k all
and make sure grub's menu.lst file is setup correctly
dont forget grub-update if you need it.

good luck, stefan

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