@captn: Thanks for reminding me; I actually put in an /etc/modprobe/uvesafb install scriptlet, so it's run automatically whenever uvesafb is loaded.
@everyone else: On my machine (Dell Latitude D620 with intel 945GM video) I couldn't get uvesafb to start during the boot. The module got loaded, but dmesg had: [ 2.170230] uvesafb: Getting VBE info block failed (eax=0x4f00, err=-3) [ 2.170303] uvesafb: vbe_init() failed with -22 [ 2.170360] uvesafb: probe of uvesafb.0 failed with error -22 However, after the boot I could rmmod & modprobe it again, and it worked correctly. So I tried stepping through the init script (using "panic" between the steps), and tried modprobing it by hand. I noticed that it refuses to work unless it's started _after_ udev in init-premount. No idea why, but maybe this gives someone a hint where to look. (If you just want a workaround, add an entry in /etc/initramfs- tools/scripts/init-premount that has "udev" as a prerequisite, and put something like "sleep 2; modprobe -r uvesafb; modprobe uvesafb" as the action. The sleep is to allow udev to fire its events. I found the -r needed because uvesafb is triggered earlier in by init process, and it just stands there looking silly...) -- Switched from vesafb to uvesafb, but uvesafb can't work without v86d https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246269 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
