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Bug 518848 - sys-kernel/genkernel - please disable CONFIG_FB_VESA
Summary: sys-kernel/genkernel - please disable CONFIG_FB_VESA
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification: Unclassified
Component: genkernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers
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Depends on: 472470
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Reported: 2014-08-02 17:27 UTC by Ben Kohler
Modified: 2015-08-26 17:57 UTC (History)
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Description Ben Kohler gentoo-dev 2014-08-02 17:27:59 UTC
GRUB2 now activates vesafb automatically by default, when it's available and there isn't a better FB driver.  This is causing problems for genkernel users who want to use an open video driver with KMS.  Having this FB_VESA enabled is doing more harm than good.
Comment 1 Richard Yao (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2015-08-26 17:53:12 UTC
How do you reproduce this issue?
Comment 2 Ben Kohler gentoo-dev 2015-08-26 17:57:09 UTC
Mike (floppym) fixed this on the grub side so I don't really think there's any real need to fix this on the genkernel side anymore.  It should be safe enough to leave it enabled (but dormant by default).  I should have closed this a while ago.