On Fri, Aug 02, 2013 at 11:45:55AM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > Maybe a poorly worded question but I seem to recall some advances > where framebuffering is being handled differently than my old way. > > It could be typified by the kernel line used in grub.conf like this > one: > > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb3 vga=0x31A video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap > > Or is that still a viable way to setup the framebuffer, and, of course, > making the proper Vesa and /or Uvesa choices at compile time. > > OK, that leads into a second or related part to this question; I'm > having a heck of a time finding the uvesa setting in menuconfig. > > A searched for 'vesa', using '/'. Output below. But I'm not finding > anything about 'UVESA' at that location. > > I see, under the 'Type' line that they appear to either designate > 'boolean' or 'Tristate' I know what boolean means in general but not > how to apply it here... But have no idea what Type: 'Tristate' might > mean. > > I've really scrutinized that area of menuconfig... but not finding any > way to say 'y' to FB_UVESA > > > │ Symbol: FB_VESA [=y] │ > │ Type : boolean │ > │ Prompt: VESA VGA graphics support │ > │ Defined at drivers/video/Kconfig:755 │ > │ Depends on: HAS_IOMEM [=y] && FB [=y]=y && X86 [=y] │ > │ Location: │ > │ -> Device Drivers │ > │ -> Graphics support │ > │ (1) -> Support for frame buffer devices (FB [=y]) │ > │ Selects: FB_CFB_FILLRECT [=y] && FB_CFB_COPYAREA [=y] && | > | FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT [=y] && FB_BOOT_VE │ > │ │ > │ │ > │ Symbol: FB_UVESA [=n] │ > │ Type : tristate │ > │ Prompt: Userspace VESA VGA graphics support │ > │ Defined at drivers/video/Kconfig:737 │ > │ Depends on: HAS_IOMEM [=y] && FB [=y] && CONNECTOR [=n] │ > │ Location: │ > │ -> Device Drivers │ > │ -> Graphics support │ > │ (2) -> Support for frame buffer devices (FB [=y]) │ > │ Selects: FB_CFB_FILLRECT [=y] && FB_CFB_COPYAREA [=y] && | > | FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT [=y] && FB_MODE_HE │ > │ │ > │ │ > │ Symbol: FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT [=y] │ > │ Type : boolean │ > │ Selected by: FB_VESA [=y] && HAS_IOMEM [=y] && FB [=y]=y && | > | X86 [=y] || FB_INTEL [=n] && HAS │
It depends upon which video driver you use. Most of them now use KMS. Start reading https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Xorg/Configuration and if you still need help after that post back. Welcome to the list, Bruce -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ [email protected] 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
