[Bug 518623] Re: [KM400] Black screen after boot, no text console possible

[Marien Zwart]

As mentioned on the duplicate I just filed: adding "blacklist viafb" and
"blacklist vga16fb" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf makes things work
here.

Karmic's kernel (2.6.31-20-generic) also works, but that is because
viafb is not loaded there by default, not because viafb works. If I stop
gdm and "sudo modprobe viafb" the panel turns off (I'm assuming this is
the exact same bug triggering).

There are some changes in the current upstream kernel's viafb. It's
possible those help, but I have not gotten around to trying yet.

Would it make sense to blacklist viafb for now, at least on this
chipset? Fixing this is a bit of a hassle because neither X nor the
console work with this bug present.

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[KM400] Black screen after boot, no text console possible
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518623
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