Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [regression,bisected] Missing boot messages with VESAFB after VT initialization | From | Dave Airlie <> | Date | Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:10:28 +1000 |
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On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 17:18 +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > Initially all messages from init scripts are displayed correctly, but after > the init script to set up the VT1-VT6 is run, messages from init scripts > are no longer displayed. Instead the display is blank with only a cursor. > > However, if I switch back to VT1 from X.Org after the boot has completed, > the missing messages are visible. > > System is x86_64 running Debian stable ("Lenny"). I'm using VESAFB (vga=791) > and no KMS. > > I've bisected this to the following commit: > commit 477346ff74f4c2aed50e8a0db96a61069f3e5b80 > Author: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> > Date: Thu Jan 7 17:04:54 2010 +1000 > x86-64: Allow fbdev primary video code
Can you diff dmesg with/without this?
It shouldn't do anything unless you have multiple framebuffer drivers.
Dave.
> > Kernel config is available in: http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/4/16/230 > > Relevant part of the boot log (I boot with 'quiet'): > [...] > Sat Apr 17 16:52:07 2010: Starting portmap daemon...Already running.. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:07 2010: Starting NFS common utilities: statd idmapd. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:08 2010: Setting sensors limits. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:08 2010: Setting console screen modes and fonts. > [Messages after this point are not displayed] > Sat Apr 17 16:52:08 2010: Setting up ALSA...done. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:09 2010: INIT: Entering runlevel: 2 > Sat Apr 17 16:52:09 2010: Loading cpufreq kernel modules...done (acpi-cpufreq). > Sat Apr 17 16:52:10 2010: Starting system log daemon.... > Sat Apr 17 16:52:10 2010: Starting kernel log daemon.... > Sat Apr 17 16:52:10 2010: Starting ACPI services.... > Sat Apr 17 16:52:10 2010: Starting system message bus: dbus. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:11 2010: Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:11 2010: CPUFreq Utilities: Setting ondemand CPUFreq governor...CPU0...CPU1...done. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:11 2010: Starting HTTP server: boa. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:11 2010: Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:13 2010: Starting DirMngr: dirmngr. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:13 2010: Starting MTA: exim4. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:14 2010: Starting LAN Information Server: lisa. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:14 2010: Setting up Machine Check Exceptions trigger... done. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:14 2010: Running Machine Check Exceptions decoder... done. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:14 2010: Starting NFS common utilities: statd idmapd. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:14 2010: Not starting internet superserver: no services enabled. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:14 2010: Setting sysfs variables.... > Sat Apr 17 16:52:15 2010: Starting file alteration monitor: FAM. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:15 2010: Starting Hardware abstraction layer: hald. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:17 2010: Starting bluetooth: disabled. see /etc/default/bluetooth. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:17 2010: Starting /usr/sbin/chronyd... > Sat Apr 17 16:52:18 2010: chronyd is running and online. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:18 2010: Starting anac(h)ronistic cron: anacron. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:18 2010: Starting deferred execution scheduler: atd. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:19 2010: Starting periodic command scheduler: crond. > Sat Apr 17 16:52:19 2010: Starting K Display Manager: kdm. > > The "Setting console screen modes and fonts" message comes from the init > script /etc/rcS.d/S48console-screen.sh. When that script is run the 2 tux > logos for my 2 CPU cores also disappear. > > Cheers, > FJP
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