Re: Nomodeset in grub

2012-05-15 Thread Adam Jackson
On 5/15/12 2:51 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I don't know what his use case is, but I set this up recently as well. I have an HP server with ILO with lets me remotely view the console. However, they require a license if you want to view it in graphical mode. Someone at HP needs a stern talking to, t

Re: Nomodeset in grub

2012-05-15 Thread Samuel Sieb
Adam Jackson wrote: I'm sorry, I don't believe know what your goal is. All you've said so far is that you used to do this thing, and that now it doesn't work the way it used to. I don't think I caught _why_ you were doing that thing. I don't know what his use case is, but I set this up recently

Re: Nomodeset in grub

2012-05-15 Thread Adam Jackson
On 5/15/12 3:53 AM, A.J. Werkman wrote: I freshly installed F17-TC5, changed gfxpayload to text and added nomodeset to the boot options. Then I rebuild the grub config-file with grub2-mkconfig. Indeed I now have a 80*25 text screen on the console when I boot. In /sys/class/drm I do see symlink

Re: Nomodeset in grub

2012-05-15 Thread A.J. Werkman
Op 14-5-2012 16:16, Adam Jackson schreef: On Sat, 2012-05-12 at 21:14 +0200, A.J. Werkman wrote: When I boot with nomodeset boot-option in runlevel 3, I expect that I see a login prompt on a screen with 80*25 character positions. That's a reasonable conclusion if one's mental model is "nomodes

Re: Nomodeset in grub

2012-05-14 Thread Adam Williamson
On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 11:02 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote: > On 5/11/12 2:35 AM, A.J. Werkman wrote: > > I noticed, that as soon as grub comes up in graphical mode, the > > nomodeset boot option has no effect in F17. > > > > Is this a bug or a feature or is there a new option I am not aware off? > > Y

Re: Nomodeset in grub

2012-05-11 Thread Adam Jackson
On 5/11/12 2:35 AM, A.J. Werkman wrote: I noticed, that as soon as grub comes up in graphical mode, the nomodeset boot option has no effect in F17. Is this a bug or a feature or is there a new option I am not aware off? You're going to need to be more specific than that. The kernel definitel