Re: [gentoo-user] 1st time framebuffer setup

2007-06-22 Thread Florian Philipp
Am Donnerstag 21 Juni 2007 20:09 schrieb Hans-Werner Hilse: > Hi, > > On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:44:00 -0700 > > "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The Gentoo Wiki page lists two different entries for doing > > framebuffer setup. I've never used framebuffers and wanted to check it > > out.

Re: [gentoo-user] 1st time framebuffer setup

2007-06-21 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:34:28 +0200 Daniel Pielmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Those are just two different ways for setting up a splash screen; I > > think gentoo is currently more directed to bootsplash rather than > > fbsplash. But neither of them is mandatory for framebuffer usage (an

Re: [gentoo-user] 1st time framebuffer setup

2007-06-21 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
Those are just two different ways for setting up a splash screen; I think gentoo is currently more directed to bootsplash rather than fbsplash. But neither of them is mandatory for framebuffer usage (and framebuffer console). In order to use the framebuffer, you just need to load the relevant modu

Re: [gentoo-user] 1st time framebuffer setup

2007-06-21 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:44:00 -0700 "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The Gentoo Wiki page lists two different entries for doing > framebuffer setup. I've never used framebuffers and wanted to check it > out. Which is more appropriate for a new installation of 2007.0 on an > older

[gentoo-user] 1st time framebuffer setup

2007-06-21 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, The Gentoo Wiki page lists two different entries for doing framebuffer setup. I've never used framebuffers and wanted to check it out. Which is more appropriate for a new installation of 2007.0 on an older machine? (Athlon XP 1600+ with an NVidia GeForce4 MX 4000) http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOW