On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Sid Boyce wrote:
> OK, I hold my hand up in total ignorance of this FB stuff. I've compiled
> kernels with many different configs on 2 machines, one with Diamond Stealth 3D
> 3000 4Meg and a 2 Meg CL-5446 in the other, both report VESA VGA.
> Without VGA_CON, the last thing I see on bootup is "Uncompressing Linux", I can
> then login blind and fire X up, if I also include VGA_CON on its own or with
> VESAFB(I thought this was mutually exclusive with VESA FB), I get the normal VC
> stuff up and all my VC's are OK rather than the same as on VC1, except if I
> switch to VC5 to go into X.
> I am currently on the above kernel (no-SMP). I find the docs are a bit sparse,
> though I'll re-read in parallel with this posting, just in case I've missed some
> core point on the other occasions.
> One perhaps pertinent thing that just came to mind is that in the kernel
> compile, I've only used NORMAL and EXTENDED VGA so far.
> Excuse the "what do I type in" question, in any case I always wear asbestos
> suits for comfort, so flames would be useless. It's possible that when I get
> around to reading again later, I'll answer my own questions, non-the-less, any
> assistance gratefully received.
> Regards
> --
> ... Sid Boyce...Amdahl(Europe)...44-121 422 0375
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