On 23 August 2005 20:14, Holly Bostick wrote: > Matthias Krebs schreef: > > And as > > someone else mentioned before, vesafb-tng is not a valid kernel > > parameter, so everything after it is ignored. > > In what world is this? If you're using vesafb-tng (added to the kernel > options by the fbsplash patch which you get with the gentoo kernels, > which is no surprise, given that it was created by spock, a gentoo > developer), then it most certainly is a valid kernel parameter (and was > selected in the kernel config output that was posted in a previous message. > > If the post you're referring to was Uwe's, I don't think he meant that > the parameter was invalid, but rather that rather than using vesafb-tng, > that the OP should try "regular" vesafb, which might work where > vesafb-tng wasn't working.
Nope, that was not what I meant. I meant: If you select vesafb-tng during kernel configuration, "vesafb" on the kernel command line refers to vesafb-tng. That's how it works here without *any* problem. Uwe -- 95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software developers. - Linus Torvalds http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
