In the last mail Russell King - ARM Linux Admin said:
> Nicholas Clark writes:
> > Linux version 2.2.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version egcs-2.91.60
>19990113/philb (egcs-1.1.1 release)) #15 Sat Mar 13 14:30:44 GMT 1999
>
> Hmm, where'd the -rmk go on the version number?
Dunno, sorry
> > <3>fbcon_setup: No support for fontwidth 8
>
> Oops. Did you configure in the framebuffers? My console
> section looks like:
>
> CONFIG_FB=y
> CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_FB_ACORN=y
> CONFIG_FBCON_MFB=y
> CONFIG_FBCON_CFB2=y
> CONFIG_FBCON_CFB4=y
> CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
> CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS=y
> CONFIG_FONT_ACORN_8x8=y
>
> > <2>Bad mode in prefetch abort handler detected: mode SVC_32
> > Internal error: Oops: 0
>
> Looks like fbcon has gone mad... I'll see if I can provoke this here.
You can probaby provoke it by
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FB_ACORN=y
CONFIG_FBCON_MFB=n
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB2=n
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB4=n
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS=y
CONFIG_FONT_ACORN_8x8=y
Now, this was why I didn't boot. I wasn't expecting linux 2.2.2 to change
resolution. 2.0.35 sits nicely in the mode RISC OS left the machine in.
So my next question is - how do I get 2.2.2 (or 2.2.3) to switch to 1360x1024
in 8 bpp?
So, IT BOOTS. It works enough to compile kernels. I can't run X - xinit dies
with "
Using VT7
VT_GETSCRINFO failed
"
I can't run screen - I get many many lines of "modprobe: Out of file handles"
and then a final message about no more ptys.
It also refused to load my ppp module. I think it's refusing to load all
modules. It may be because the 2.2.0 kernel needs it to load the Acorn FPE,
and it appears to be trying this for 2.2.2. Not sure.
Finally, tab completion in bash, and pressing backspace at the start of a line
causes an extra space to be printed. I did "stty sane" and it still does it.
Sorry for the about diatribe. The summary is that I can boot 2.2.2 now, but its
not that useful.
Nick
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