Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problem with v86d

James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:

> Nikos Chantziaras <realnc <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>
> > > like that driver.  I can't remember what it complained about, but it
> > > means no X at all.
> >
> > If you're not booting in EFI mode, then you can use vesafb instead. This
> > doesn't require v86d and doesn't even require an initrd.
> >
> > uvesafb is mostly for non-PC or generally platforms where a BIOS is not
> > available (EFI on a PC also lacks BIOS), and it achieves that through
> > v86d. vesafb uses the BIOS directly, so v86d is not needed.
>
> Spock is Michał Januszewski
>
> A physics type with keen interests in chipsets; loads of Frame
> Buffer info on his blog. He'd be a keen resource for you. Seems
> he has vanished from the gentoo scene?
>
> spock@g.o
>
> http://mjanusz.wordpress.com/
>
> http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XSjXVbQAAAAJ&hl=en
>
> http://mjanusz.github.io/homepage/
>
> I'd rather think he's one of those "really sharp" but hidden
> physics folks, who very much likes Gentoo and privacy.

I will check him out, I have been using uvesafb for years.

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