Addendum: Trying VESA gives the following:
peter@klapprechner~> dmesg|grep fb [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda3 ro video=vesafb splash vga=0x31b
[CPU stuff]
[ 1.364000] vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0xf8880000, using 7872k, total 7872k [ 1.364000] vesafb: mode is 1280x1024x32, linelength=5120, pages=0 [ 1.364000] vesafb: protected mode interface info at 00ff:44f0 [ 1.364000] vesafb: scrolling: redraw [ 1.364000] vesafb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0 [ 1.364000] fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
leaving me with a garbled console as well.
Bootup with hires splash looks OK, but no console at all.
Addendum: Trying VESA gives the following:
peter@klapprech ner~> dmesg|grep fb
[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda3 ro video=vesafb splash vga=0x31b
[CPU stuff]
[ 1.364000] vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0xf8880000, using 7872k, total 7872k
[ 1.364000] vesafb: mode is 1280x1024x32, linelength=5120, pages=0
[ 1.364000] vesafb: protected mode interface info at 00ff:44f0
[ 1.364000] vesafb: scrolling: redraw
[ 1.364000] vesafb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0
[ 1.364000] fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
leaving me with a garbled console as well.
Bootup with hires splash looks OK, but no console at all.