On Sun, Aug 05, 2012 at 10:09:52PM +0530, Debjoy Das wrote: > I compiled my kernel with userspace vesa fb support. Am looking for some > hints about how to use the uvesafb module. I'll need some init scripts > probably but not sure how to do it. > Some help would be appreciated.
If you compiled it into the kernel, instead of as a module, I would suggest that all you need to do is add "vga=XXX" to the boot args : for me, vga=792. If it works, you get one or more penguins during the boot. You might also need to tweak grub.cfg. I've got the following on my server, which uses vesafb [ for some reason, I couldn't get radeonfb working there - perhaps related to grub, but once I got vesafb working it was adequate for that box ], first two lines are just for context. Grub moans about this, but still works (1.98 is installed there, I s'pose 2.0 might have broken it) : insmod gettext set timeout=10 setgfxmode=1024x768 setgfxpaylod=keep insmod gfxterm insmod vbe ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### In passing, I'll note that using radeonfb, and intel, is usually much easier than this - just build them in, and if necessary set a different video=, e.g. I use video=104x768 to get an 8x16 console font on one box, even though the screen is 1600x1200. That probably also applies to nouveau. -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
