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I want my console frame buffer, but when I compile the linux kernel I get a screwy screen. What things do I need to include to make sure that I ...
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- 03-16-2004 #1Linux User
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Getting the frame buffer to work
I want my console frame buffer, but when I compile the linux kernel I get a screwy screen. What things do I need to include to make sure that I can have my framebuffered screen. Also will the Nvidia utils compile withe the new kernel.
When I compile the frambuffer module into the kernel and i boot with the command vga = 791 I get a black screen. But if I boot with command vga = normall It works fine. does anybody know whats going on.
I'm running slackware 9.1 and I'm using a geforce 2 32 mb card.
thanx for reading
bignester.The computer made me do it!! Slackware
and SUSE too Gig\'em WHOOOOP!!
\"God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain amount of tasks, At the rate I\'m going I will never die.\" (I don\'t know)
- 03-16-2004 #2Linux Guru
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From when bignester asked this question on IRC:
Jason[22:18:34] <jasonlambert> http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kern.../Jan/0177.html
[22:21:37] <jasonlambert> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=155780
- 03-17-2004 #3Linux User
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OK I fixed it. For anybody that might have this problem just compile in the vesa driver. Don't worry about any other driver. Thats what did it for me.
The computer made me do it!! Slackware and SUSE too Gig\'em WHOOOOP!!
\"God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain amount of tasks, At the rate I\'m going I will never die.\" (I don\'t know)
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