On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:35:27 +0200 "J.A. Magallón" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 16 May 2005 02:13:02 -0700, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.12-rc4/2.6.12-rc4-mm2/ > > > > > > Hi... > > I have a (stupid, I suppose) problem with framebuffer console. > I have builtin VESAFB in this kernel, so: > > werewolf:/boot# grep _FB config-2.6.21-jam09 | grep =y > CONFIG_FB=y > CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y > CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=y > CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT=y > CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO=y > CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS=y > CONFIG_FB_VESA=y > werewolf:/boot# grep CONSO config-2.6.21-jam09 > # CONFIG_NETCONSOLE is not set > CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y > # CONFIG_VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING is not set > CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y > # CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY is not set > # CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_ROTATION is not set > > I put this line in grub's menu.lst: > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x31A ro root=/dev/sdc1 > > (tried both with hex and decimal). > > but grub keeps telling me it can't set that video mode, and I have no > /dev/fb0 device to try with fbset. I have a '29 fb' line in /proc/devices. > > Any ideas about why the device is missing ? udev is 113... > I have followed al the info I could get (linux/Documentation/fb/, Google ;) ) > and all say that what I'm doing should work. What am I doing wrong ? > Methinks that'll be git-newsetup changes? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/