Wont Fix - Don't want framebuffer during boot

[FastTurtle]

I want a straight console while booting (nofb mode) then the switch to X once kdm is up.

Is this doable or am I barking at the wrong squirrel?

Problem was minor and related to kernel config for some reason. Now during boot, the switch to fbcon takes but a moment and the buffer shows a few lines before the switch so any error messages that come up are now shown - was a problem with the virtualbox video driver not starting/loading for some reason

[eccerr0r]

Depends on the driver/board, some X11 drivers (like Intel) seems to require KMS and thus a type of FBcon well before X11 starts... This isn't quite the true "fbcon" but close enough...

The question remains is ... what do you want to accomplish with it, what's wrong with fbcon, why is regular text mode needed, all the way until kdm presents a login prompt? Is it doing something bad? That would more likely be a driver issue. What hardware are you using?

If it's a scrolling speed issue, that's a separate problem...

Most of my fbcon/kms machines work just fine, and not only that, switch to X11 graphical drawing without flickering from text mode...
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Intel Core i7 2700K/Radeon R7 250/24GB DDR3/256GB SSD
What am I supposed watching?

[FastTurtle]

during the boot, I'm seeing indications of some error just before the system switches to the fb, which takes 2-5 seconds - long enough that by the time it's back, the fb is at the log-in prompt.

What I'd like to do is either delay the fb from starting or entirely.

I'm currently using grub, so a nofb option like the install kernel would work.