From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 12:08:10 +0200 From: frank@inua.be To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <20100523100810.GA32080@chiron.galaxy> References: <20100522225553.GA17342@chiron.galaxy> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [9fans] no frame buffer Topicbox-Message-UUID: 29130be8-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 08:01:40PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > > However, when this box boots via PXE, it has the same issue... Any > > idea what might be wrong? > > perhaps vgasize or monitor is unset. try > > vgasize=1280x1024x16 # adjust as appropriate. cf. vga(8) > monitor=vesa These values were not the problem. > aux/vga -l $vgasize This was the missing piece. Apparently, /sys/lib/newuser creates an "incorrect" /usr//lib/profile. In case of a terminal, it tries to start rio without first configuring the vga card. Why is it like that? Kind regards, > - erik -- Frank Lenaerts ---------------------------------------- frank@inua.be