[Linux 3.1.0-1-686-pae & gma500] On boot, switches on video mode not supported

[Stéphane Aulery]

Hi Partick,

Le samedi 26 novembre 2011 à 01:32:59, Patrik Jakobsson a écrit :
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 4:51 AM, Stéphane Aulery <lkppo at free.fr> wrote:
> > When I boot the kernel version 3.1.0, after switching to runlevel S, the
> > screen goes black and the monitor displays a build- in message: video mode not
> > supported. The kernel 2.6.39 has worked well in this view.
> >
> > I added the options GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="keep" and GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768x16 to
> > grub configuration file (/ etc / defaul t / grub) to try to force the video mode
> > without success.
> 
> 
> Currently the driver cannot get the supported modes from the display
> and thus tries to
> set a default mode which your display cannot handle.
> 
> We have patches to fix this problem but they haven't landed yet.

Good news, this will be resolved in a few months time. If you need me to test, I
am at your disposal.


> In the meantime you can play with the kernel boot parameter video.
> video=800x600-32 might work for you.

Jonathan gave me the information necessary to blacklist the video driver and it
works well. I keep this other hack less inva sive warm for the rest.

Thank you for your help.


Regards,

-- 
Stéphane Aulery