Hello from Gregg C Levine normally with Jedi Knight Computers Not that it matters, or should, but: The video card worn by this machine, an ATI Rage 128, is a VGA card to this OS, (W98), and to Linux, it is a framebuffer. I found that out earlier. Version 2.2.18 contains simple support for it. But the 2.4.x versions fail on my system, a kernel panic. I'll spare you guys the content of that error message. But it is a root mounting issue, and I am exploring it, with my distribution's owner. Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] "How many floors does this TARDIS of yours have, anyway?"
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ghozlane Toumi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ronald G Minnich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 4:12 PM Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.16 and up ... > On Sunday 16 December 2001 15:06, Ronald G Minnich wrote: > > FYI, another big problem we've had as 2.4 progresses is the gradual "bit > > rot" of the framebuffer stuff. The Cirrus Logic devfb stuff just sort of > > stopped working with 2.4.7 or so and has not come back. Same with the > > matrox stuff -- I am not sure what's happening here. I don't know if the > > other devfb is the same, but I'm wondering who I should relay this kind of > > experience to. We've missed having working devfb. It was wonderful while > > it lasted! > > That would be [EMAIL PROTECTED], > and Petr Vandrovec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for the "matrox stuff" > > ghoz
