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On 11/06/14 17:49, covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> Thanks. I have a fairly old kernel for other reasons and I installed |
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> v86d in 2011 and it has not changed since. I use udesafb because I |
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> want a frame buffer so I can get a lot more than 80x25 in a virtual |
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> console. Iget 64x160. I also need something which will net the nvidia |
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> driver work since this is the card I have. I did try the noveau driver, |
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> but it did not give me as large of a screen and nvidia driver did not |
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> like that driver. I can't remember what it complained about, but it |
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> means no X at all. |
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If you're not booting in EFI mode, then you can use vesafb instead. This |
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doesn't require v86d and doesn't even require an initrd. |
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uvesafb is mostly for non-PC or generally platforms where a BIOS is not |
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available (EFI on a PC also lacks BIOS), and it achieves that through |
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v86d. vesafb uses the BIOS directly, so v86d is not needed. |
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