Re: [blfs-support] Firmware updates

2015-05-02 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 02:06:46PM +0100, Richard Melville wrote: Just a point of information regarding the frame buffer and linux-4.0.1. On running this kernel I was greeted with a blank screen. It turned out that CONFIG_X86_SYSFB=y (for which I have no use) had been set which succeeded in

Re: [blfs-support] Firmware updates

2015-05-01 Thread alex lupu
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 11:03 PM, alex lupu alup...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 01:08:34PM -0400, LM wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 3:00 PM, William wrote: ​...​ you ​ don't see penguins if

Re: [blfs-support] Firmware updates

2015-05-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 11:03:48PM -0400, alex lupu wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 01:08:34PM -0400, LM wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 3:00 PM, William wrote: ​...​ you ​ don't see penguins if you're in

Re: [blfs-support] Firmware updates

2015-05-01 Thread LM
On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 3:00 PM, blfs-support-requ...@lists.linuxfromscratch.org wrote: Sorry, that could mislead. Penguins are optional for framebuffer users (and not available if you don't use a framebuffer), and they appear (if selected, and once the required firmware has loaded) just after

Re: [blfs-support] Firmware updates

2015-04-30 Thread LM
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 3:00 PM, William wrote: . First, no Penguins! I have an ATI video card as well. I did a lot of trying to look up information on framebuffer, KMS, etc. From my understanding, you don't see penguins if you're in framebuffer mode. When Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) is

Re: [blfs-support] Firmware updates

2015-04-30 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 01:08:34PM -0400, LM wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 3:00 PM, William wrote: . First, no Penguins! I have an ATI video card as well. I did a lot of trying to look up information on framebuffer, KMS, etc. From my understanding, you don't see penguins if you're in

Re: [blfs-support] Firmware updates

2015-04-30 Thread alex lupu
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 01:08:34PM -0400, LM wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 3:00 PM, William wrote: ​...​ you ​ don't see penguins if you're in framebuffer mode. Penguins are optional for framebuffer ​ ​

Re: [blfs-support] Firmware updates

2015-04-29 Thread Bruce Dubbs
William K Helbig Jr wrote: Firstly a minor typo in the third paragraph of the About Firmware section of Chapter 3 in the SVN version of the BLFS book. The line reads “firmware files can be accessed vau wget”. That probably should be ”firmware files can be accessed via wget”. I'll update that

[blfs-support] Firmware updates

2015-04-29 Thread William K Helbig Jr
Firstly a minor typo in the third paragraph of the About Firmware section of Chapter 3 in the SVN version of the BLFS book. The line reads “firmware files can be accessed vau wget”. That probably should be ”firmware files can be accessed via wget”. Next a comment/question about Firmware

Re: [blfs-support] Firmware updates

2015-04-29 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 08:08:24PM -0400, William K Helbig Jr wrote: Yes, there are two video controllers, the Kaveri APU and the Oland XT, together requiring 16 pieces of microcode. That probably explains why it takes so long. My remark re the Penguins was meant more to report what the