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 1LNiUX-0007VU-Fu for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:47:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1BCB2E0589; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:47:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com (rv-out-0708.google.com [209.85.198.241]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CED6AE0589 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:47:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b17so1577318rvf.46 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:47:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=y5AY9DOfSPnuBhzVamarfw5PRl3zVigPeKFWqW9Sch0=; b=IBrf3erqnxDOJpTWqm/XEg8xy7ZVHH7K51w+ZHC/EXkB0piOf6oGEhNTlJEjY47rHo CBUQ80r6adzesWVrBqNl2nLzT3JJ5fJ0dzqSKsJvj55LjalVeDBUgcGsAMlsN/2es8RZ LjUlzC/xRfEyFC3NFiH81fgIKFrp4+63lTh8E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=UtV9uIW8ZWWzfQfIKcRcKptki/qPl0VTlJ7L1KcDr6P9YMD1NyMgBvrz/BVCBRAnRu OeyrJ/To+4X0ienhLNIJ4h9KbhJwFwn0RHshR7HdSznka/PhT/oRCWO7S2Y6GsSWnJDF UUsz4fJBXJsUUiAjvjootZnKiQwCX7lngfX54= 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 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.141.133.14 with SMTP id k14mr1048429rvn.258.1232088456382; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:47:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <58965d8a0901152149j42177deel54e80429006813c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:47:36 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 474cc48ac078f217 Message-ID: <58965d8a0901152247g201a936ob58e17b9660b4543@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: uvesafb - does it require use of initramfs/initrd? From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3e25e855-4891-4583-afd4-29b27cac5c64 X-Archives-Hash: a96daafc205ce6bd31c15e579f192a30 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Nikos Chantziaras 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.