On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Larry wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 10:29:22AM +0200, Christoph Egger wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Larry wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 07:58:09PM -0700, Jon M. Taylor wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Larry wrote:
> > > >
> > > > [snip]
> > > >
> > > > > 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.
> >
>
>
>
> > No. The patch does _not_ patch the kernel itself. It does patch the
> > vesafb-driver of the kernel.
> >
> > CU,
> >
> > Christoph Egger
> > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
>
> I really appreciate all this feedback but it doesn't address the origional
> question of how I go about installing this patch.
1. Check, if the changes, the patch does, are already in.
2 a) If not, you have to port the patch to the vesafb-version you use.
2 b) If yes, the vesafb driver must be fixed.
CU,
Christoph Egger
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
