On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 6:32 PM, »Q« <boxc...@gmx.net> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:42:30 -0600 > Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Paul Hartman >> <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Does anyone here use uvesafb? I followed the instructions to install >> > uvesafb from this page: >> > >> > http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ >> > >> > However, it does not work. Is it required to use initrd in order to >> > use uvesafb? (because I don't use it...) >> > >> > the 80x25 looks absolutely horrible and I'd love to have something >> > usable without needing to be in X. I have an nvidia geforce 9600GT >> > card using the latest nvidia-drivers, and am on amd64 if it matters. >> >> I'm ashamed to admit I made the most basic mistake. I compiled uvesafb >> as a module. Oops! Compiled it as "Y" instead of "M" and now I have a >> pair of Tux sitting atop my kernel boot screen and no more 80x25 >> horror. :) > > You mean you are now successfully using uvesafb *without* an > initrd or initramfs? Spock's site says you need v86d, and I don't know > how else to get it. If I boot a kernel without it, uvesafb doesn't > work for me.
Well you need the initramfs stuff is configured in the kernel as stated in the instructions at his website, but I'm not (not have I ever) used the initrd. My grub config (possibly wordwrapped by gmail) is: default 0 timeout 10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux 2.6 root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda5 doscsi dodmraid nmi_watchdog=0 rootfstype=ext4 video=uvesafb:1280x720p-59,mtrr:3,ywrap
