On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 08:46:26AM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > >Unfortunately, like 2.4.12, although CONFIG_FB_OF=y, it behaves as if > >there is no offb! > > Found the problem. In offb_init(), somewhere between 2.4.8 and 2.4.12, > the normal bootx way to initialize the video has been surrounded by > #ifdef CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT > which is not set in the Debian kernel-image packages. > > I'm not going to suggest that we reinstate that flag (just reread the > archives, particularly from this past February, not a good thing). But > in general, why is that test there? Do the tests for bootx at the start > of that function (prom_num_displays == 0 && boot_infos != 0) not work? > > In summary, is BootX/ofonly going to be unsupported by the Debian > kernel-image packages, or is there some way to make it work?
Checking back on this bug... This code still appears to be there. Have you talked to Ben about this? -- Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
