framebuffer mode on laptops

[Chris Friedt]

No, it's not necessary at all. One of the primary benefits to using it
is to have a nice graphical boot-up screen, with a colour console and
splash image. But who needs that? You can have X start immediately after
modules are loaded anyway. 

Check out this link for the kernel options you should disable (this
page shows how to enable, so just do the opposite) to get rid of the
kernel FB support. 

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash#High_resolution_framebuffer_.26_bootsplash.21

Most (all?) laptops will just boot up with a VGA resolution if the FB
module is configured out of the kernel. 

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