Re: High Memory Support

From: Beau V.C. Bellamy <beau@borealisbroadband.net>
Date: Thu Nov 25 2004 - 14:15:44 AKST

Wow, that really does sound like a framebuffer wo/ console support issue.
Could you make sure that the framebuffer /proc and /dev entries don't exist?

- Beau

On Wednesday 24 November 2004 16:26, Enkidu wrote:
> I upgraded my ram and had to enable high mem support in kernel 2.6.8.1
> for all of it to be recognised. So, I made the changes, recompiled,
> copied the kernel image to /boot and reloaded lilo. Lilo successfully
> loaded the kernel, but nothing was being displayed on my screen after
> the lilo screen faded. Lilo's default graphics mode is normal, I don't
> have framebuffers enabled, I didn't mess with any drivers or graphics
> settings, but that doesn't seem to matter. Despite the screen being
> blank, the system seems to be fully functional. I am able to login and I
> get a normal display when I start X, though when I shutdown X, I am
> again without a display. I suppose the obvious solution would be to
> disable high mem support, but that is not a viable option for me at the
> moment. If any of you have an idea of what is causing this or how I
> might solve it, I would appreciate any input. Thanks,
>
> Art
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