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initramfs-tools package

  1. Bug #129910
  2. Comment #74

Comment 74 for bug 129910

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

I can confirm that the fix by MOM2007 is working for me on HP compaq nx9105 with nvidia card.

uname -a:
Linux mars 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

> 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"

In addition I changed the vga kernel parameter in /boot/grub/menu.lst from vga=791 to vga=0x0317 and did an "update-grub"

Everything is working now!