Kernel modesetting and boot messages

Cazzantonio

I recently tried to enable kernel modesetting on my intel video card.
I discovered that when modesetting in enabled the boot messages usually displayed by openrc are vanished and all I have is a black screen.

Why the framebuffer device get disabled? Is there any method to have both modesetting and a framebuffer device to display boot messages?
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szczerb · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:09 pm Post subject:

KMS now provides the framebuffer. So enable mode setting in your kernel and disable ALL fb drivers. Then it should work fine (also fbsplash).

Cazzantonio · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:02 pm Post subject:

I only had vesafb enabled. I'll try to disable it and see if it works.
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Any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.
-John Donne

szczerb · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:35 pm Post subject:

vesafb is an fb driver - you can't use and fb driver and KMS at once as KMS provides fb on it's own (I guess I repeated myself just in case).