initramfs.conf: please document FRAMEBUFFER option
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: initramfs-tools
According to changelog 0.98.8ubuntu1:
- Restore the framebuffer hook and script, copying KMS and other framebuffer drivers into the initramfs, but make them optional; you need to set FRAMEBUFFER=y for these to be included.
Availability of FRAMEBUFFER option was not documented and it seems to be disabled by default.
The result is broken console fonts in framebuffer consoles (example, bug 750636). Console-setup script is not copied to initramfs if FRAMEBUFFER is not set. Also console-setup in natty does not call setupcon from init scripts. So console-setup does not have a chance to configure font and all messages in non-english languages becomes unreadable.
tags: | added: natty |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.