Re: Disabling framebuffer at boot time

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2022, tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost wrote:

> In order to suppress one possible cause of the problem, I'd like to
> suppress support for the framebuffer (the kernel booted at the moment
> is the GENERIC amd64 one).
>
> Do I need to compile a custom kernel suppressing the support of the
> framebuffer or is there a configuration via /boot.cfg (it's a BIOS
> boot, not UEFI) allowing this to be achieved?

If you think the DRMKMS driver is the cause, you can disable it (or
any other drivers for that matter).

To disable the Intel DRMKMS, in /boot.cfg add:
userconf=disable i915drmkms*

Nouveau:
userconf=disable nouveau*

Radeon:
userconf=disable radeon*

-RVP