Re: Framebuffer issues in 2.6.26 with uvesafb and vesafb. Linux is about choice!

From: Robert Moss
Date: Thu Oct 23 2008 - 07:26:37 EST


Here are my kernel configs if it helps.

24 is default from debian sid,
26 is custom after the debian one didnt work (mine also doesnt work)
27 (custom, from scratch/default from kernel.org, with some drivers i
dont need removed)

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Samuel Thibault
<samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Robert Moss, le Thu 23 Oct 2008 00:54:56 -0700, a écrit :
>> Anyhow, I noticed that vesafb is no longer a part of the kernel.
>
> That's not true. It works nicely on my laptop (though I don't get
> the native 1280x800 resolution).
>
>> vga=791 still gave a mode not found.
>
> Then that's a bug, which is a completely different thing. Could you
> check that the output of vga=ask and typing scan at the boot prompt is
> the same between 2.6.24 and 2.6.25/26 ?
>
> Samuel, who may want to try 2.6.24 to get his native resolution.
>

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