Quoting Chad Hardin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I have patched the kernel for the vmware FB and done new builds of it, > directfb, and directfb-examples. Yes, I did a modprobe vmware and it seems > to initialize well. > > I can't run any of the directfb-examples. The error message is: > "vmwarefb: Acceleration cannot be disabled once it it's initialized" > This looks like it is coming fro mthe kernel > > The stdout errors from the examples are: > (!)DirectFB/core/fbdev/ Could not disable console acceleration! > -> Invalid Argument > (!) DirectFB/core: Error during initialization: dfb_fbdev_initialize()
You have to pass a kernel option "video=vmware:noaccel" or a module option "noaccel=1" to be able to run framebuffer applications due to a bug in vmware. You have to do a power off after running with acceleration. -- Best regards, Denis Oliver Kropp .------------------------------------------. | DirectFB - Hardware accelerated graphics | | http://www.directfb.org/ | "------------------------------------------" Convergence GmbH -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-users" as subject.
