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On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Paul Hartman |
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<paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 6:32 PM, »Q« <boxcars@×××.net> wrote: |
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>> On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:42:30 -0600 |
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>> Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> |
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>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Paul Hartman |
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>>> <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> > Hi, |
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>>> > |
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>>> > Does anyone here use uvesafb? I followed the instructions to install |
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>>> > uvesafb from this page: |
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>>> > |
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>>> > http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ |
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>>> > |
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>>> > However, it does not work. Is it required to use initrd in order to |
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>>> > use uvesafb? (because I don't use it...) |
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>>> > |
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>>> > the 80x25 looks absolutely horrible and I'd love to have something |
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>>> > usable without needing to be in X. I have an nvidia geforce 9600GT |
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>>> > card using the latest nvidia-drivers, and am on amd64 if it matters. |
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>>> |
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>>> I'm ashamed to admit I made the most basic mistake. I compiled uvesafb |
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>>> as a module. Oops! Compiled it as "Y" instead of "M" and now I have a |
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>>> pair of Tux sitting atop my kernel boot screen and no more 80x25 |
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>>> horror. :) |
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>> |
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>> You mean you are now successfully using uvesafb *without* an |
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>> initrd or initramfs? Spock's site says you need v86d, and I don't know |
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>> how else to get it. If I boot a kernel without it, uvesafb doesn't |
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>> work for me. |
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> Well you need the initramfs stuff is configured in the kernel as |
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> stated in the instructions at his website, but I'm not (not have I |
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> ever) used the initrd. My grub config (possibly wordwrapped by gmail) |
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> is: |
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> default 0 |
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> timeout 10 |
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> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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> |
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> title=Gentoo Linux 2.6 |
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> root (hd0,0) |
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> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda5 doscsi dodmraid nmi_watchdog=0 |
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> rootfstype=ext4 video=uvesafb:1280x720p-59,mtrr:3,ywrap |
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I forgot to specify: the kernel setting |
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CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="/usr/share/v86d/initramfs" |
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compiled v86d into the kernel, so it doesn't need to execute the /sbin/v86d |
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