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Comment 261 for bug 129910

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Andrew Conkling (andrewski) wrote : Re: [Bug 129910] Re: Blank ttys when using vesafb (vga=xxx)

On Jan 11, 2008 4:23 PM, Paul Dufresne <email address hidden> wrote:

> You have to understand that we normally don't fix bugs in a version that
> was released.
> Only in exceptional case this is done, and the conditions for doing so are
> described at:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates
>
> Bug importance are described at:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Importance
>
> One could argue that it should be low because it has many easy
> workarounds:
> -don't use vga=xxx
> -use the terminal in graphics mode rather than real virtual terminals
> -and the one consisting at modifying initramfs modules to load fbcon and
> vesa
> But as it affects many people, well yes, medium seems fair.

Agreed. Also, questions about this can be addressed on the bugsquad list:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugsquad.

And let's keep in mind the Ubuntu Code of Conduct:
http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct.