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initramfs-tools package

  1. Bug #437871
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 437871

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Steven Shiau (stevenshiau) wrote :

One thing I noticed related to initramfs-tools - 0.92bubuntu51 is that if I put
video=uvesafb:1400x1050
in the boot parameter,
in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/framebuffer, it runs:
modprobe -q uvesafb mode=1400x1050
instead of
modprobe -q uvesafb mode_option=1400x1050

i.e. it actually uses "mode=" instead of "mode_options".
The kernel module "uvesafb" from 2.6.31-11-generic in the Karmic actually uses the option "mode_option" insetad of "mode"
$ modinfo -F parm uvesafb |grep "video mode"
mode_option:Specify initial video mode as "<xres>x<yres>[-<bpp>][@<refresh>]"

Where am I wrong or is this a bug that the function parse_video_opts in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/framebuffer should be fixed?

Thanks.