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Subject: [gentoo-user] uvesafb - does it require use of initramfs/initrd?
From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>
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Hi,

Does anyone here use uvesafb? I followed the instructions to install
uvesafb from this page:

http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/

However, it does not work. Is it required to use initrd in order to
use uvesafb? (because I don't use it...)

the 80x25 looks absolutely horrible and I'd love to have something
usable without needing to be in X. I have an nvidia geforce 9600GT
card using the latest nvidia-drivers, and am on amd64 if it matters.

Thanks,
Paul