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initramfs-tools package

  1. Bug #129910
  2. Comment #164

Comment 164 for bug 129910

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Harvey Muller (hlmuller) wrote : Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

This is in response to caravel's comments:

My hardware is similar. Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS, Intel Core 2 Duo. I also have Gutsy amd64 desktop installed.

I was intrigued that you were able to get a console with native 1440x900, and gave your method a try. It was not successful.

But I was able to get consoles at 1440x900 with usplash working using:

modified /etc/usplash.conf:
xres=1440
yres=900

modified /boot/grub/menu.lst
added vga=0x0365 to defoptions
ran sudo update-grub

Modified /etc/initramfs-tools/modules:
fbcon
vesafb

Commented out in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer is:
blacklist-vesafb
ran sudo update-initramfs -u

Your instructions are inconsistent, early you state vga=0x0365, then later vga=0x365. hwinfo showed 0x0365 to be correct. I haven't been able to make the nvidiafb module work. But at least I now have consoles at the native 1440x900 resolution of my laptop monitor.