On 02 May 2002, Mark Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 12:01, Karl Hammar wrote: > > Well, I installed recently on a i486 class box, and when the bf-kernel > > booted the screen went blank. > > I've done some vmware installations and one on a real system (pentium > firewall/gateway box), used disabled framebuffer (without knowing it at > the time) on the vmware's, and noticed the changes when running with > framebuffer on the real system. > > Disabling it is easy... but might need to be stated a bit more clearly, > I just added the vga options, not knowing if this would turn on/off > framebuffer (the first time) > > ... > > Is the fb really needed for installation, or could it just be removed > > without side effects ? > > Not really if you only want to do a normal (english) install, but it's > required if you want to do the install in korean or something (I noticed > all kinds of chinese/japanese/unreadable letters in the language select > screen when running with framebuffer. I assume this is a requirement for > these languages, since those chars are not in US-ASCII :) > > > -- > Mark Janssen -- maniac(at)maniac.nl -- GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178 > Unix / Linux, Open-Source and Internet Consultant @ SyConOS IT > Maniac.nl Unix-God.Net|Org MarkJanssen.org|nl SyConOS.com|nl
Soo -- fb is kind of needed for I18N installs. And I have only seen the problem once (with a Vesa local bus based S3 video card). Regards, /Karl ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Karl Hammar Aspö Data [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lilla Aspö 2340 +46 173 140 57 Networks S-742 94 Östhammar +46 10 270 26 67 Computers Sweden Consulting ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
