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Alon Bar-Lev wrote: |
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> i915, even if splash gets working X does not. |
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> A lot of issues there. |
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intelfb is terribly broken : it explicitly doesn't work on laptop LCD |
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displays, it doesn't support all the funky resolutions DVI or VGA |
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displays have nowadays. Basically, it's nearly useless. |
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Try using vesafb-tng (I know it doesn't support some resolutions either) |
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but interactions between vesafb-tng and the intel X driver are _much_ |
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better. |
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As for loading X very early in the boot process, this is a long debate, |
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but it's being worked on by X folks, I suggest you look at the general |
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xorg mailing list over at freedesktop for more info. |
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Cheers, |
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Rémi |
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