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.
Ugh. Sorry about that. Yeah, VESA 1.2 isn't supported
_directly_.
> The patch was
> intended to patch the kernel so that it WOULD support the VESA 1.2 BIOS.
Another way to hack this is to boot DOS first, run a TSR that
gives your card VESA 2.0 capabilities. Then you use LOADLIN.EXE to boot
your kernel from DOS without rebooting, and the real-mode init code in the
kernel will be able to use the VESA 2.0 TSR to set a linear mode.
Jon
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