On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 05:36:40 +0200, Mildred wrote: > Hi, > > Now that I'm using the new intel driver for the video card (the one > that do not need the BIOS any more) I would like to test booting my > system with EFI (and the possibly the new GRUB).
Hi, my understanding was that the driver still needs access to the VESA BIOS. You just don't need to use 915resolution for higher resolutions anymore. There are a lot of messages like these in the xorg log even with the intel driver version 1.3.0, which ist the most recent relese AFAIK: (II) intel(0): VESA BIOS detected (II) intel(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0 (II) intel(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 16064 kB Regards, Tino ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
