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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2010-04-11 22:37:50 +0000
committerFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2010-04-11 22:37:50 +0000
commit3693449227512551d01f5880154f362dc2e550da (patch)
treecf44fee22665181de8b95dac9fd482a1f677b8b6 /en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml
parent7d4774f192f8da8fb99ca345ca18c93fb2e096ab (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-3693449227512551d01f5880154f362dc2e550da.zip
Disabling framebuffer on x86 now also requires passing vga=normal
With thanks to Samuel Thibault.
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diff --git a/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml b/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml
index 3ae0d15fc..55589b9e9 100644
--- a/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml
+++ b/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml
@@ -87,8 +87,13 @@ automatically installed on the target system.
Some accessibility devices are actual boards that are plugged inside the
machine and that read text directly from the video memory. To get them
to work framebuffer support must be disabled by using the
-<userinput>fb=false</userinput> boot parameter. This will however reduce
-the number of available languages.
+<userinput><phrase arch="x86">vga=normal </phrase>fb=false</userinput>
+boot parameter. This will however reduce the number of available languages.
+
+</para><para arch="x86">
+
+If desired a textual version of the bootloader can be activated before adding
+the boot parameter by typing <userinput>h</userinput> &enterkey;.
</para>
</sect2>