Description of problem: Passing vga=771 parameter to the kernel results in unusable console under VMware ESX 3.0. I haven't checked it yet on real physical machine. The option used to work OK in RHEL4 kernels under VMware. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.17-1.2519.4.21.el5 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
I've retested with RHEL5 beta 2. The issue is still present. This time I tested on both real hardware (built-in video card on Intel D945GNT motherboard) and under VmWare ESX 3.0 virtual console. If I use vga=xxx to switch to frame buffer mode on console, I simply get black screen. I've tried with several different modes (vga=771, vga=773, vga=775, vga=795), got black screen every time. RHEL4 kernel(s) work OK with vga=xxx option on exactly the same hardware. Whatever the problem is, it was introduced somewhere between 2.6.9 and 2.6.17 kernels (and still present it 2.6.18).
Thanks for the bug report. We have reviewed the information you have provided above, and there is some additional information we require that will be helpful in our diagnosis of this issue. Please attach your X server config files (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and X server log files (/var/log/Xorg.*.log) for both hardware and VMWare X servers to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the bugzilla file attachment link below. Could you please also try to run without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf whatsoever and let X11 autodetect your display and video card? Attach to this bug /var/log/Xorg.0.log from this attempt as well, please. We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information. Thanks in advance.
I don't have any machines to test this at the moment.
Closing as INSUFFICIENT_DATA then, and if you will be able to answer my questions, please, reopen with additional information. Thanks for your patience, Matěj Cepl