Re: [gentoo-user] vesa-tng not working with kernel 2.6.24
OK, thanks I will check this out. on Tuesday 02/19/2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:24:52 -0500, John covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I compiled gentoo-sources 2.6.24-r2 -- however the vesa-tng seemed to disappear -- its in the .config, but for some reason I am getting a console of 25x80. Now I have the default mode set to [EMAIL PROTECTED] which works fine with the 2.6.21 kernel, but not the 2.6.24 one. What is strange is that I can't find the vesatng in the .config, but if I go into make menuconfig its there, so can someone explain why things are not working properly for 2.6.24? Thanks. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list since the 23 version vesatng is removed. You can used the next generation of spocks fb support named uvesfb. Follow the this page http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ . -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] vesa-tng not working with kernel 2.6.24
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:24:52 -0500, John covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I compiled gentoo-sources 2.6.24-r2 -- however the vesa-tng seemed to disappear -- its in the .config, but for some reason I am getting a console of 25x80. Now I have the default mode set to [EMAIL PROTECTED] which works fine with the 2.6.21 kernel, but not the 2.6.24 one. What is strange is that I can't find the vesatng in the .config, but if I go into make menuconfig its there, so can someone explain why things are not working properly for 2.6.24? Thanks. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list since the 23 version vesatng is removed. You can used the next generation of spocks fb support named uvesfb. Follow the this page http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ . -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] vesa-tng not working with kernel 2.6.24
on Tuesday 02/19/2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:24:52 -0500, John covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I compiled gentoo-sources 2.6.24-r2 -- however the vesa-tng seemed to disappear -- its in the .config, but for some reason I am getting a console of 25x80. Now I have the default mode set to [EMAIL PROTECTED] which works fine with the 2.6.21 kernel, but not the 2.6.24 one. What is strange is that I can't find the vesatng in the .config, but if I go into make menuconfig its there, so can someone explain why things are not working properly for 2.6.24? Thanks. -- since the 23 version vesatng is removed. You can used the next generation of spocks fb support named uvesfb. Follow the this page http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ . Do I still need to do what I have been doing -- using genkernel to generate the initial ram disk or should I skip this step? Thanks. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] vesa-tng not working with kernel 2.6.24
John covici schrieb: Hi. I compiled gentoo-sources 2.6.24-r2 -- however the vesa-tng seemed to disappear -- its in the .config, but for some reason I am getting a console of 25x80. Now I have the default mode set to [EMAIL PROTECTED] which works fine with the 2.6.21 kernel, but not the 2.6.24 one. What is strange is that I can't find the vesatng in the .config, but if I go into make menuconfig its there, so can someone explain why things are not working properly for 2.6.24? Thanks. vesa-tng was replaced by uvesafb. http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ Cheers... -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] vesa-tng not working with kernel 2.6.24
This One Time, at Band Camp, John covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] said, On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 07:23:04AM -0500: on Tuesday 02/19/2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:24:52 -0500, John covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I compiled gentoo-sources 2.6.24-r2 -- however the vesa-tng seemed to disappear -- its in the .config, but for some reason I am getting a console of 25x80. Now I have the default mode set to [EMAIL PROTECTED] which works fine with the 2.6.21 kernel, but not the 2.6.24 one. What is strange is that I can't find the vesatng in the .config, but if I go into make menuconfig its there, so can someone explain why things are not working properly for 2.6.24? Thanks. -- since the 23 version vesatng is removed. You can used the next generation of spocks fb support named uvesfb. Follow the this page http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ . Do I still need to do what I have been doing -- using genkernel to generate the initial ram disk or should I skip this step? Thanks. Yes it is the same as vesafb, though you should install sys-apps/v86d and make sure you have CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=/usr/share/v86d/initramfs in your kernel config... -- Wael Nasreddine http://wael.nasreddine.com PGP: 1024D/C8DD18A2 06F6 1622 4BC8 4CEB D724 DE12 5565 3945 C8DD 18A2 .: An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs, would never make a good program. (L. Torvalds 1995) :. pgp49a7aKDB1a.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] vesa-tng not working with kernel 2.6.24
On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 13:30 +0100, Wael Nasreddine wrote: This One Time, at Band Camp, John covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] said, On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 07:23:04AM -0500: Do I still need to do what I have been doing -- using genkernel to generate the initial ram disk or should I skip this step? Yes it is the same as vesafb, though you should install sys-apps/v86d and make sure you have CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=/usr/share/v86d/initramfs in your kernel config... It depends how early you want the splash screen to come up. It should work without the initramfs, but you'll get a few kernel text messages go by first. cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Fortune's Office Door Sign of the Week: Incorrigible punster -- Do not incorrige. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
