I have the same problem after upgrading dapper (kernel 2.6.15) to edgy (kernel 2.6.17). The splash screen looks ugly, and when the X starts, switching to consoles with CTRL + ALT + Fx no text can be seen, but only colorful garbage on screen. Any text typed in the console cannot be seen at all, even garbled, the screen doesn't change. Switching back to X works perfectly. Going back to kernel 2.6.15 fixes the problem. I have found a workaround: passing the parameter vga=0x318 to the kernel 2.6.17 at booting forces a vesa mode 1024x768 16M so the splash screen now looks fine and texts appears ok in this mode. I suppose other modes also work fine (I cannot find a vesa mode for my lcd display of 1280x800, ¿anybody knows?). Maybe this problem is caused because the kernel doesn't initialize text mode framebuffer after booting (at least, not the same way as the former kernel does). Waiting to see your comments...
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