Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 07 Aug 2004 14:15:48 -0500 | From | Davy Durham <> | Subject | Re: disabling all video |
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Perhaps is there a way/trick to accomplish this by explicitly breaking (*at* runtime/kernel-parameter-time) the vga support that wouldn't cause a panic?
Yapo Sebastien wrote:
>>Question: I would like the kernel not to use any of the video hardware >>on the machine. Is there any run-time kernel parameter I can pass to >>disable all video? (I tried console= to direct output to the serial >>port, but ttys were still using the vga hardware.) My video card is >>built onto the mother board, and there is no way I see to disable it >>from the BIOS. >> >> >> >Remove "if EMBEDDED" in the VT and VT_CONSOLE section of drivers/char/Kconfig >then reconfigure your kernel. >You should find the old VT options in Device Drivers -> Character devices > >Regards > >Sebastien >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >
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