On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 6:32 PM, »Q« <boxc...@gmx.net> wrote: >> 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. > > Well you need the initramfs stuff is configured in the kernel as > stated in the instructions at his website, but I'm not (not have I > ever) used the initrd. My grub config (possibly wordwrapped by gmail) > is: > > default 0 > timeout 10 > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > title=Gentoo Linux 2.6 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda5 doscsi dodmraid nmi_watchdog=0 > rootfstype=ext4 video=uvesafb:1280x720p-59,mtrr:3,ywrap >
I forgot to specify: the kernel setting CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="/usr/share/v86d/initramfs" compiled v86d into the kernel, so it doesn't need to execute the /sbin/v86d
