On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 07:58:09PM -0700, Jon M. Taylor wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Larry wrote:
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> [snip]
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> > I downloaded the file and tried to do the patch but am having no luck.
>
> [snip]
>
> That patch is extremely old. vesafb support has been included in
> the stock Linux kernel sources for a long time now. Go get yourself the
> newest 2.2.x kernel and install that, and you will be able to select and
> use the vesafb driver when you configure your kernel.
>
> Jon
I don't think you read the entire message.
I have 2.2.13, the problem is that my video BIOS is VESA 1.2, which unless
things have changed, is not supported by Linux framebuffers. The patch was
intended to patch the kernel so that it WOULD support the VESA 1.2 BIOS.
