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On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> wrote:
> Paul Hartman wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> You can use vesafb instead of uvesafb.

I'll try it. I thought there was some conflict between the other
framebuffers and nvidia drivers, so i never even attempted the other
in-kernel FBs.