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Message-ID: <a728f9f90910030738q4341611fm4ccd680b51201f6d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:38:12 -0400 From: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@...il.com> To: Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@...iler.org> Cc: dri-devel@...ts.sf.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: How to disable drm/kms actions during boot? On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@...iler.org> wrote: > I have a display card + display combination that has recently had much problems > during system boot. Some system versions boot just fine to very large text mode, > others create entirely black display. > > Is there any way to forbid the DRM from doing "maximize the text display area" > operation at all during the boot? I do want the DRM/KMS to happen latter, but > NOT during system boot! > Boot with nomodeset or radeon.modeset=0 on the kernel command line. That will disable kernel modesetting at boot. You can then manually load the modules with or without modesetting once the system is booted. drm-next also recently got support for forcing the console mode. Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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