Plymouth + intelfb (i965) ?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Caitlyn O'Hanna wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 12:52 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> 
>> Does vga=0x318 work?
> 
> Yes it does, I've also found that using vga=0x361 works as well and uses
> the proper resolution (1280x800).  However, I was under the impression
> that using the vesa hack to get around KMS made the transition from
> Plymouth to GDM and perhaps logging in problematic.  So far this has not
> been the case, but I have noticed the mode transitions between Plymouth
> and GDM (the 'flicker').  

Correct. If you fall back to using framebuffer mode, then you will still 
see flicker. Only when using KMS, will you not see that. That will come 
in a future update for more chipsets.

Rahul