On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 07:20:20PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > We could detect this situation by checking video= parameter, and setting > > text mode if intelfb is found. But then again do we want to prevent > > future versions of intelfb from gracefuly transitioning from vesa mode > > without screen glitch? > > No, that would be bad. It's even possible that intelfb would work > correctly in other configurations. The laptop has resolution 1440x900 > that doesn't match any VESA mode.
Alright. > > > Some > > > kernels may not support VESA modes at all. > > > > I don't think this is applicable; all modern versions of Linux include > > vesa modesetting in its 16-bit entry code, and older versions are already > > detected by the new loader (user is prompted to use linux16). > > I can disable CONFIG_FB, and then the screen remains blank until X > starts. It's entirely possible that some distros don't enable CONFIG_FB > to save memory, and I don't always enable it in the kernels I configure > myself. Makes sense for official GRUB. However, I'd still like to add a macro check that can be enabled on distros that ship Linux builds with CONFIG_FB and want to enable seamless mode transition (this will be the case for e.g. Debian). > > > "vga=ask" is not a warning now. It causes "error: You need to load the > > > kernel first", apparently from initrd. In other words, the "linux" > > > command fails and there is no visible warning. > > > > Sounds like my error code is wrong, but we could turn it into a warning > > like you suggested. > > I was editing the command line from the menu, so I could not see the > message. Waiting for input is a fair game for an option that implies > waiting for input. Spot on. Will do that. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
