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On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> Paul Hartman wrote: |
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>> Hi, |
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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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>> http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ |
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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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>> 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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> You can use vesafb instead of uvesafb. |
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I'll try it. I thought there was some conflict between the other |
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framebuffers and nvidia drivers, so i never even attempted the other |
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in-kernel FBs. |