On 7 July 2010 12:50, Jake Moe <jakesaddr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 07/07/10 15:50, Mick wrote: >> On Monday 05 July 2010 23:46:54 Jake Moe wrote: >> >>> I've recently installed a new system, and can't seem to get UVESAFB >>> working properly. I've set up everything in the kernel, and modified >>> GRUB's menu.lst to use the framebuffer. However, even though there >>> doesn't seem to be any errors, I can't seem to get anything other than >>> "default" resolution with far too large fonts. >>> >>> I've compared dmesg info, GRUB configs and kernel configs between this >>> laptop, and another laptop that has UVESAFB running fine, and am at a >>> loss to find what's wrong. >>> >> Stating the obvious, have you emerged fbcondecor, ran /etc/init.d/fbcondecor >> start and then added it to your boot runlevel? >> > Thanks for the reply. But... > > j...@aus10373 ~ $ eix fbcondecor > No matches found. > j...@aus10373 ~ $ eix fb -a con > No matches found. > j...@aus10373 ~ $ eix fb -a decor > No matches found. > > Erm, wossat then? Are you thinking of bootsplash? Besides, this is > something that happens long before the initscripts run; the screen > should go from GRUB to "standard" console for a moment, then it should > change to the framebuffer console.
I'm sorry, I meant v86d (looked at an old machine of mine which also has a framebuffer splash for more eyecandy in an initird). -- Regards, Mick
