Re: 2.6.33-rc3 -- Intel 945GME (inteldrmfb) -- Two Tux images displayed are side by side (should only show one).

From: James Simmons
Date: Wed Jan 06 2010 - 12:48:27 EST



> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:37 PM, James Simmons <jsimmons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> For a long time I have gotten two pictures of Tux showing up when I
> >> include the Tux display option in my custom kernel builds.  I don't
> >> know how many kernel revisions ago it was when I started noticing
> >> this.  It seems like it might have been early in the 2.6 series
> >> kernels.
> >>
> [...]
> >> # Frame buffer hardware drivers
> >> #
> >> CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
> >> CONFIG_FB_EFI=y
> >
> > Try disabling these two above options.
>
> Well, that means that I don't get Tux at all. The point is that only
> one copy should be displayed.

I thought you had KMS enabled?? That provides a fbdev emulation layer.