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Nikos Chantziaras <realnc <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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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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Spock is Michał Januszewski |
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A physics type with keen interests in chipsets; loads of Frame |
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Buffer info on his blog. He'd be a keen resource for you. Seems |
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he has vanished from the gentoo scene? |
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spock@g.o |
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http://mjanusz.wordpress.com/ |
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http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XSjXVbQAAAAJ&hl=en |
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http://mjanusz.github.io/homepage/ |
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I'd rather think he's one of those "really sharp" but hidden |
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physics folks, who very much likes Gentoo and privacy. |
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hth, |
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James |
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