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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #129910
  2. Comment #83

Comment 83 for bug 129910

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Christian Vogler (christian-vogler) wrote : Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

The problem also started appearing on my laptop on kernel 2.6.22-14. The posted fix works fine for me on a GeForce 8600M GT in 1024x768 (vga=0x317). I put vesafb first in the modules file, followed by fbcon. Not sure if that makes a difference.

> sudo vi /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add fbcon and vesafb
 > sudo update-initramfs -u
 > sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer
 > change the line "blacklist vesafb" to "# blacklist vesafb"