On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:42:30 -0600 Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Paul Hartman > <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone here use uvesafb? I followed the instructions to install > > uvesafb from this page: > > > > http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ > > > > However, it does not work. Is it required to use initrd in order to > > use uvesafb? (because I don't use it...) > > > > the 80x25 looks absolutely horrible and I'd love to have something > > usable without needing to be in X. I have an nvidia geforce 9600GT > > card using the latest nvidia-drivers, and am on amd64 if it matters. > > I'm ashamed to admit I made the most basic mistake. I compiled uvesafb > as a module. Oops! Compiled it as "Y" instead of "M" and now I have a > pair of Tux sitting atop my kernel boot screen and no more 80x25 > horror. :) You mean you are now successfully using uvesafb *without* an initrd or initramfs? Spock's site says you need v86d, and I don't know how else to get it. If I boot a kernel without it, uvesafb doesn't work for me. -- »Q« Kleeneness is next to Gödelness.
