Why does the generic "vesa" driver is used in place of "intel" when the system is started with "nomodeset" parameter?
Issue
- When booted with the kernel option nomodeset, Red Hat Enterprise Linux will use the vesa driver instead of the intel driver, even if intel is specified in the xorg.conf
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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