On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:55:18 +0700 > > Robin, > > are you comfortable just going with a bare-bones console and build > > a new kernel where you _disable_ CONFIG_FB? That might do it. > > > > Alternately, you can hook up a serial cable to another computer and > > set "console=ttyS0,115200n8". > > I will try that, if it works it will at least give me a chance to look > at the error messages.
I couldn't disable CONFIG_FB in the kernel, only select "module" or "built-in" mode. I guess there is another parameter which needs disabling. Researching that, I discovered you can disable frame-buffer on the kernel command line. Also, that there might be an option in the BIOS to set but I checked that and found nothing. So I rebooted and used Grub to edit the kernel parameters and set "VGA=NORMAL NOMODESET". This resulted in the usual initial garbage which was not cured by loading the frame-buffer module. So disabling frame-buffer support made things worse, which is rather what I was expecting. :( Given the almost total lack of response to my post, I guess I am stuck with this problem. Thanks Robin --
