From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69ECF1381F3 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 15:56:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A86DE0B2A; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 15:56:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 33458E0AB9 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 15:56:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MIurB-1V2os124XB-003GlQ; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 11:56:05 -0400 Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 10:56:03 -0500 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is Vesa/Uvesa still the way for Frame buffer Message-ID: <20130802155603.GB25510@server> References: <8738qsw0y4.fsf@newsguy.com> 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: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <8738qsw0y4.fsf@newsguy.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:rLNNdGZcw9fxItjI5Li1pV9x2ceON/k86gTuUNTqy/R 0gtwh7H0g7uR5HGNj1ZZUOEMIaQwLMQHv3DyXpDr1u9CpViVbe yQUJjPw9j6NRfPe47ykOwHonqKzHlUfISqTtaUt8pCPJAfBf5o RbV1fUroIaeM4eXHm5e6J36yLuhWqn9PcvzJcFilLxmp0i5q53 coJGghYnG2u5qqp4JmOkNPqj7J/3LvElXHAyDsqH2IvY7G5ouk UmsUkbZyam/xMYAxqrx+705WufxswKm6I2wbv7NR+vYeVt3Y5N jlBnlmxT0dummG1iboZM4Aft/CvG7f//jF8s4q6s/3ioL3Zue2 AE2dLspHbCCm09yS3oN5QD1up7fFKtMddwKlbGguf X-Archives-Salt: fd32d04c-955a-4a6e-94fb-2966d3bf58ac X-Archives-Hash: fe60fabec6a5c0a0393fba9a20ea4563 On Fri, Aug 02, 2013 at 11:45:55AM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > Maybe a poorly worded question but I seem to recall some advances > where framebuffering is being handled differently than my old way. > > It could be typified by the kernel line used in grub.conf like this > one: > > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb3 vga=0x31A video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap > > Or is that still a viable way to setup the framebuffer, and, of course, > making the proper Vesa and /or Uvesa choices at compile time. > > OK, that leads into a second or related part to this question; I'm > having a heck of a time finding the uvesa setting in menuconfig. > > A searched for 'vesa', using '/'. Output below. But I'm not finding > anything about 'UVESA' at that location. > > I see, under the 'Type' line that they appear to either designate > 'boolean' or 'Tristate' I know what boolean means in general but not > how to apply it here... But have no idea what Type: 'Tristate' might > mean. > > I've really scrutinized that area of menuconfig... but not finding any > way to say 'y' to FB_UVESA > > > │ Symbol: FB_VESA [=y] │ > │ Type : boolean │ > │ Prompt: VESA VGA graphics support │ > │ Defined at drivers/video/Kconfig:755 │ > │ Depends on: HAS_IOMEM [=y] && FB [=y]=y && X86 [=y] │ > │ Location: │ > │ -> Device Drivers │ > │ -> Graphics support │ > │ (1) -> Support for frame buffer devices (FB [=y]) │ > │ Selects: FB_CFB_FILLRECT [=y] && FB_CFB_COPYAREA [=y] && | > | FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT [=y] && FB_BOOT_VE │ > │ │ > │ │ > │ Symbol: FB_UVESA [=n] │ > │ Type : tristate │ > │ Prompt: Userspace VESA VGA graphics support │ > │ Defined at drivers/video/Kconfig:737 │ > │ Depends on: HAS_IOMEM [=y] && FB [=y] && CONNECTOR [=n] │ > │ Location: │ > │ -> Device Drivers │ > │ -> Graphics support │ > │ (2) -> Support for frame buffer devices (FB [=y]) │ > │ Selects: FB_CFB_FILLRECT [=y] && FB_CFB_COPYAREA [=y] && | > | FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT [=y] && FB_MODE_HE │ > │ │ > │ │ > │ Symbol: FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT [=y] │ > │ Type : boolean │ > │ Selected by: FB_VESA [=y] && HAS_IOMEM [=y] && FB [=y]=y && | > | X86 [=y] || FB_INTEL [=n] && HAS │ It depends upon which video driver you use. Most of them now use KMS. Start reading https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Xorg/Configuration and if you still need help after that post back. Welcome to the list, Bruce -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting