On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Does anyone here use uvesafb? I followed the instructions to install >> uvesafb from this page: >> >> http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ >> >> However, it does not work. Is it required to use initrd in order to >> use uvesafb? (because I don't use it...) >> >> the 80x25 looks absolutely horrible and I'd love to have something >> usable without needing to be in X. I have an nvidia geforce 9600GT >> card using the latest nvidia-drivers, and am on amd64 if it matters. > > You can use vesafb instead of uvesafb.
I'll try it. I thought there was some conflict between the other framebuffers and nvidia drivers, so i never even attempted the other in-kernel FBs.
