> The Changelog on the latest 2.6.26 kernel in Sid has this: > > * [x86]: Enable modular FB_UVESA. (closes: #473180) > > and Sid now has v86d: > > http://packages.debian.org/sid/v86d [...] > It says right here that installing v86d and linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 > and booting with: > > video=uvesafb:1024x768-32,mtrr:3,ywrap > > in the cmdline should result in framebuffer usage on the reboot. > > It ain't so. Nothing more than 80x25. > > Has anybody tried the above?
My advice is to go to bugs.debian.org, search for 473180, and get Evgeni Golov's email address so you can ask him if he has it working. I have been using UVESA FB for nearly a year, but (as you know) I compile my own kernels and pack 'v86d' directly into the kernel image with a built-in initramfs so I don't need an initrd. I also recompile 'klibc' against my self-compiled kernels, instead of using the Debian binaries -- though I do use the Debianized source packages. I know that it is _supposed_ to work, and I'm pretty sure that Evgeni has got it working on his own machines -- that was his purpose in becoming the Debian maintainer for 'v86d'. You've been having trouble with plain old VESA FB, so I would not be surprised if the problem blocking that from working is also stopping UVESA FB from working. But Evgeni should be able to tell you whether you are doing the same things he does to get it going with the stock kernel. Dave W. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
