Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-image-686
The v86d userspace utility executable is missing. The v86d executable is needed by the uvesafb framebuffer VESA driver module. The uvesafb module is included in the Hardy Heron kernel. It would be great if it were possible to include this (very small) v86d userspace executable on the Live CD, as it would allow the uvesafb framebuffer VESA driver module to be used without needing to download, build and install the v86d executable from source each time the Live CD is booted. The homepage for the uvesafb driver is here: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ Towards the end of the following page, please find the section " Framebuffer Support for nVidia 5200 with uvesafb" where I tried to describe the steps to use uvesafb on Hardy Heron: http://www.penlug.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/LinuxHardwareInfoNvidia5200 I guess to fix this would probably involve packaging v86d somehow, but when I searched the Debian package archives using http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages I don't find any matching package containing v86d, so I'm reporting this bug as a bug in the kernel package (which isn't really the case, as it's just that the uvesafb kernel module needs this userspace support module). ** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- v86d missing, needed for uvesafb https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
