This is how I got my Dell Inspiron E1705/9400 with ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 working:
Undo all the other things you did with vesafb. The /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer files should be their defaults (vesafb should be commented out again.)
sudo nano /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
Add fbcon and vga16fb
So my /etc/initramfs-tools/modules looks like:
fbcon
vga16fb
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer
Change the line "blacklist vga16fb" to "#blacklist vga16fb"
The only kernel parameters I have in menu.lst are "quiet splash" (the default)
Reboot and all the virtual terminals work. I'm still having a little issue with the usplash that appears on shutdown though.
This is how I got my Dell Inspiron E1705/9400 with ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 working:
Undo all the other things you did with vesafb. The /etc/initramfs- tools/modules and /etc/modprobe. d/blacklist- framebuffer files should be their defaults (vesafb should be commented out again.)
sudo nano /etc/initramfs- tools/modules
Add fbcon and vga16fb
So my /etc/initramfs- tools/modules looks like:
fbcon
vga16fb
sudo update-initramfs -u d/blacklist- framebuffer
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.
Change the line "blacklist vga16fb" to "#blacklist vga16fb"
The only kernel parameters I have in menu.lst are "quiet splash" (the default)
Reboot and all the virtual terminals work. I'm still having a little issue with the usplash that appears on shutdown though.