Re: disabling all video

[Yapo Sebastien]

> Question: I would like the kernel not to use any of the video hardware
> on the machine.  Is there any run-time kernel parameter I can pass to
> disable all video?  (I tried console= to direct output to the serial
> port, but ttys were still using the vga hardware.)  My video card is
> built onto the mother board, and there is no way I see to disable it
> from the BIOS.
>
Remove "if EMBEDDED" in the VT and VT_CONSOLE section of drivers/char/Kconfig 
then reconfigure your kernel.
You should find the old VT options in Device Drivers  -> Character devices

Regards

Sebastien
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