On 07/07/10 15:50, Mick wrote: > On Monday 05 July 2010 23:46:54 Jake Moe wrote: > >> I've recently installed a new system, and can't seem to get UVESAFB >> working properly. I've set up everything in the kernel, and modified >> GRUB's menu.lst to use the framebuffer. However, even though there >> doesn't seem to be any errors, I can't seem to get anything other than >> "default" resolution with far too large fonts. >> >> I've compared dmesg info, GRUB configs and kernel configs between this >> laptop, and another laptop that has UVESAFB running fine, and am at a >> loss to find what's wrong. >> > Stating the obvious, have you emerged fbcondecor, ran /etc/init.d/fbcondecor > start and then added it to your boot runlevel? > Thanks for the reply. But...
j...@aus10373 ~ $ eix fbcondecor No matches found. j...@aus10373 ~ $ eix fb -a con No matches found. j...@aus10373 ~ $ eix fb -a decor No matches found. Erm, wossat then? Are you thinking of bootsplash? Besides, this is something that happens long before the initscripts run; the screen should go from GRUB to "standard" console for a moment, then it should change to the framebuffer console. Jake Moe
