Disabling Frame Buffer in Ubuntu 10.04 Server
I was able to disable the framebuffer by adding a blacklist entry for my particular vga driver into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer.conf.
Added "blacklist vga16fb" (without the quotes) to the end of the list of other framebuffer drivers already there. Worked like a charm, got the nice, fast, classic console back.
You can use dmesg to determine which driver, e.g. vga16fb, the framebuffer is loading. Should be towards the end of the output, right after a boot.
To keep things extra clean, I un-commented GRUB_TERMINAL=console in /etc/default/grub to prevent GRUB from starting a framebuffer, but it's not really necessary.
Added "blacklist vga16fb" (without the quotes) to the end of the list of other framebuffer drivers already there. Worked like a charm, got the nice, fast, classic console back.
You can use dmesg to determine which driver, e.g. vga16fb, the framebuffer is loading. Should be towards the end of the output, right after a boot.
To keep things extra clean, I un-commented GRUB_TERMINAL=console in /etc/default/grub to prevent GRUB from starting a framebuffer, but it's not really necessary.