I did not realize this was a bug. I always had my virtual consoles at VGA quality, not realizing that higher resolutions were possible, until I experimented with different distros. When I started messing with vga=XXX I got the blank screens.
The process below, similar to others, gets 1024x768 in the virtual consoles, though I get the native 1440x900 when running X.
edited /etc/initramfs-tools/modules to include:
fbcon
vesafb
commenting in blacklist file, /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer as such:
# blacklist vesafb
followed by
sudo update-initramfs -u -k all -v
and then edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, using boot option:
vga=0x0318
For the boot option above, I chose the best vga mode from output of "hwinfo --framebuffer" (had to apt-get), which was 1024x768.
I've nvidia Geforce 6150 Go, which gives 1440x900 in the GUI, so I will try the nvidia fb modules next.
I did not realize this was a bug. I always had my virtual consoles at VGA quality, not realizing that higher resolutions were possible, until I experimented with different distros. When I started messing with vga=XXX I got the blank screens.
The process below, similar to others, gets 1024x768 in the virtual consoles, though I get the native 1440x900 when running X.
edited /etc/initramfs- tools/modules to include:
fbcon
vesafb
commenting in blacklist file, /etc/modprobe. d/blacklist- framebuffer as such:
# blacklist vesafb
followed by
sudo update-initramfs -u -k all -v
and then edit /boot/grub/ menu.lst, using boot option:
vga=0x0318
For the boot option above, I chose the best vga mode from output of "hwinfo --framebuffer" (had to apt-get), which was 1024x768.
I've nvidia Geforce 6150 Go, which gives 1440x900 in the GUI, so I will try the nvidia fb modules next.