Re: Getting the penguin on linux 2.6
On 28. December 2003 at 1:29PM -0800, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 07:16:56AM +0800, csj wrote: > > Any pointers? > > Don't sweat the chrome if it otherwise just works. Well, I just found out that the names of some linux 2.4 .config OPTIONS= changed a little in 2.6 so that they weren't automagically reinserted by make *config, e.g.: 2.4 --> CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y 2.6 --> CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y Otherwise it just works. Moral of the story: don't just blindly stick in your old .config when configuring a new kernel release. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Getting the penguin on linux 2.6
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 07:16:56AM +0800, csj wrote: > Any pointers? Don't sweat the chrome if it otherwise just works. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/70szUzgNqloQMwcRAp8cAKCgKE97hxzo5pfY4IOTbx2H4pckbgCfTQkp hAlzCsIjLyfXbdJrwQ366Pg= =cYE1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Getting the penguin on linux 2.6
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 26 Dec 2003 11:16 pm, csj wrote: > After three days of browsing various leads posted here[1], I > managed to get my spare computer running on linux 2.6 and > nVidia's binary-only video drivers (installed with the help of > the non-free "nvidia-graphics-drivers" packages). > > Everything seems to be functional, including chromium, tuxracer > and armagetron. My only remaining problem is getting the > framebuffer console to work. I can get the console to work if I > don't enable framebuffer at boot time, i.e. if I boot without the > penguin mascot;-). > > Any pointers? FWIW I built my 2.6 kernel using a > framebuffer-capable /boot/config-2.4* saved (with no user-addled > changes) thru "make gconfig". > > [1]e.g. http://www.minion.de/nvidia.html > http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/nvidia-2.6-Debian/index.html Check out the "known gotchas" section. And only do vesa and vesa-16 in your options: http://www.linux.org.uk/~davej/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt - -- Regards http://www.magicfx.co.uk http://www.suretecsystems.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/7MkegNqd7Kng8UoRAooWAJ9iVlGxzUldo6zb0BEYgGZRXNvRsQCg4VfF EX+W2em5obR7NJ3YNRiHOmc= =Js0I -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Getting the penguin on linux 2.6
After three days of browsing various leads posted here[1], I managed to get my spare computer running on linux 2.6 and nVidia's binary-only video drivers (installed with the help of the non-free "nvidia-graphics-drivers" packages). Everything seems to be functional, including chromium, tuxracer and armagetron. My only remaining problem is getting the framebuffer console to work. I can get the console to work if I don't enable framebuffer at boot time, i.e. if I boot without the penguin mascot;-). Any pointers? FWIW I built my 2.6 kernel using a framebuffer-capable /boot/config-2.4* saved (with no user-addled changes) thru "make gconfig". [1]e.g. http://www.minion.de/nvidia.html http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/nvidia-2.6-Debian/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
