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authorTuomas Tynkkynen <tuomas.tynkkynen@iki.fi>2015-06-03 23:43:17 +0300
committerTuomas Tynkkynen <tuomas.tynkkynen@iki.fi>2015-06-04 11:26:20 +0300
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kernel-config: Enable FB_VESA and FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE
Commit 159fed47bc (nixos/grub: Fix video display on efi) changed BIOS
systems to start in non-text mode as well. Enable FB_VESA to get a
framebuffer console on BIOS systems. Change FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE to 'y'
instead of the default 'm' to so the user doesn't need to manually load
the fbcon module anymore.

Other distros have similar defaults, at least on Arch:
    CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
    CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
and on Ubuntu (12.04):
    CONFIG_FB_VESA=m
    CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y

Fixes #8139
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-rw-r--r--nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-uefi.xml4
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-uefi.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-uefi.xml
index dbd5606c4a5..90d18695447 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-uefi.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-uefi.xml
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ changes:
     <option>boot.loader.efi</option> and <option>boot.loader.gummiboot</option>
     as well.</para>
   </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-    <para>To see console messages during early boot, add <literal>"fbcon"</literal>
-    to your <option>boot.initrd.kernelModules</option>.</para>
-  </listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 </para>