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    framebuffer problems

    Hi all,

    I've tried to activate the framebuffer on my Kubuntu 8.04. I've followed the usual procedure :
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...&highlight=tty

    but with no success... all my TTYs are black, just a cursor blinking

    Has anybody succesfully activated the FB?

    Thanks in advance

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    Re: framebuffer problems

    did you try with vesafb?
    I had to "sudo modprobe vesafb" to get it working

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      #3
      Re: framebuffer problems

      I've been on a lot of forums, and tried a lot of fixes, none worked properly
      apparently its a well known bug, still trying to fix it. here are some useful links that might work with some cards

      https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ls/+bug/129910
      http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=622018

      note that my card is Gforce 6600GT (from ASUS if i recall right ^_^)
      i had the thing work, but had to type "setupcon" everytime i switched TTYs, not acceptable. Note also that i used the hexa vga definition (vga=0x031a instead of vga=791)
      I guess I'll just wait for a proper fix in next kernels ans modules....
      for now, i'll just blacklist vesafb and keep the 800*600 console...

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