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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: uvesafb - does it require use of initramfs/initrd?
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:47:41
Message-Id: 58965d8a0901152247g201a936ob58e17b9660b4543@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: uvesafb - does it require use of initramfs/initrd? by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
2 > Paul Hartman wrote:
3 >>
4 >> Hi,
5 >>
6 >> Does anyone here use uvesafb? I followed the instructions to install
7 >> uvesafb from this page:
8 >>
9 >> http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/
10 >>
11 >> However, it does not work. Is it required to use initrd in order to
12 >> use uvesafb? (because I don't use it...)
13 >>
14 >> the 80x25 looks absolutely horrible and I'd love to have something
15 >> usable without needing to be in X. I have an nvidia geforce 9600GT
16 >> card using the latest nvidia-drivers, and am on amd64 if it matters.
17 >
18 > You can use vesafb instead of uvesafb.
19
20 I'll try it. I thought there was some conflict between the other
21 framebuffers and nvidia drivers, so i never even attempted the other
22 in-kernel FBs.