From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jg363-0003r4-AA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:21:39 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9ABE8E03CE; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:21:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.188]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58C61E03CE for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:21:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f5so494098nfh.26 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:21:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=2Xx4KewdJYt9ReGyZzKht9biM+eScNjfkcjTVjMV9gc=; b=i9gIQ4T6HqSZXSwF+7WKDrVAav81vOUw3I4lPhm+42WfT6aIEU60B+oivDRza2VRyK+EO6ig7cm+bZnUi90R6y1EYGcSw0z8nDVNU8MCu1dmn1NvRMQNHsPWQEOWhgsdjsq1qsiQ94OAMuaC3EqdskBQOVTTw05jZPH/lic8M1k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=B4ockD5F7DPpCPooWaRxbn7DqkNYlaKz0rqbXaQ8MKEiZd7X8/Z2zYiKRSD1nqRJw/4dCwIg8sWZpLAx06bREVggbaZKPauAMyZAUOBf//n/l11YO2N1hqptkaYf1lMF1D41Bjq8uI0B6IvYPr010FC6Bbtqj3nCwl859qjiNnA= Received: by 10.78.200.20 with SMTP id x20mr18001218huf.55.1206904896528; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:21:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lappy.study ( [212.159.46.48]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f3sm426602nfh.15.2008.03.30.12.21.34 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:21:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] uvesafb fails to work Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:19:06 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1425418.8XppqbK7WB"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200803302019.17705.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 6e6c311b-5478-49ce-80eb-5d92c5ebe093 X-Archives-Hash: 4ca4755608f2d381a44c6fe4a671e460 --nextPart1425418.8XppqbK7WB Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi All, I've just compiled kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 which comes with uvesa and thoug= ht=20 of using it on a box of mine. However, amidst other weird and wonderful=20 errors that the new kernel gives me on this box, I have completely failed t= o=20 get uvesafb to work. When it boots up it comes up with these errors: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D * Setting framebuffer console images Can't open cfg file //etc/splash/emergence/640x480.cfg No 8bpp silent picture specified in the theme No 8bpp verbose picture specified in the theme * Failed to set background image on tty1 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D Meanwhile the penguins and fonts on the boot console are shown in some=20 impossibly large size. My kernel line is: kernel /kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 root=3D/dev/sda3 \=20 video=3Duvesafb:1280x1024-32@60,ywrap,mtrr:4, \=20 splash=3Dsilent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=3D/dev/tty1 initrd /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1280x1024 Any ideas? =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1425418.8XppqbK7WB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBH7+e15Fp0QerLYPcRAhV3AKCjzQ7yynVxNbCGsBm7GxBFlVckdwCfTOgX QVnbgzUIOBs5wtDqrxqsLQk= =PCl/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1425418.8XppqbK7WB-- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list