On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 03:47:38PM +0100, Philip Blundell wrote: > On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 13:58, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > On Tue, 14 May 2002 13:15:35 +0100 > > Richard Hirst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm not aware of anything. Maybe some framebuffers have boot time > > > options to disable them, but I don't think boot-floppies has any such > > > option. > > > > > > Can I suggest something like the patch below, which would let us boot > > > with "nolangchooser" to disable bterm and hence language chooser. Might > > > also help on at least one hppa box where framebuffer code is broken such > > > that b-f wont boot since I turned on language chooser. > > > > Isn't it possible to specify in the kernel command line to disable VGA, which > > results in no VGA = no language chooser? > > Not on m68k. Fbcon is the only display method those machines have, you > can't turn it off. Your idea would work for PCs where the graphics card > breaks with LC for some reason, but I haven't heard of any instances > where that actually happens. I'm not sure which boat HPPA is in.
HPPA uses stifb, which doesn't have an option to disable it either. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
