[BUG 2.4.21-rc1 and prior] Kernel Panic with vga=791 as bootparam and 1G of ram

[Martin Loschwitz]

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Hello all,

after putting another 512mb ram-stick into this machine (It has got 1G of r=
am
in total now), the VESA framebuffer of 2.4.21-pre7 and 2.4.21-pre7 has stop=
ped
to work. I am not sure whether this problem exists also in prior versions s=
ince
i did not test it. However, "has stopped to work" means that as soon as I g=
ive
"vga=3D791" as boot-param, nearly immediately after pressing the enter-key =
at
grub-prompt, when the kernel should switch into FB-mode, the LEDs on my
keyboard start to blink and it looks as if the machine hangs completely.

With only 512 megabytes of ram, this problem never appeared.

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