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 655561381F3 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 16:05:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 91504E0B62; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 16:05:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D87ADE0B33 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 16:05:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27C0933EBC1 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 16:05:17 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.939 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.939 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.430, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-1.507, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=unavailable Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id w-FYDYKUp16z for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 16:05:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BB3133EB74 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 16:05:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V5Hqh-0003ly-HG for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 18:05:03 +0200 Received: from z65-50-57-227.ips.direcpath.com ([65.50.57.227]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 18:05:03 +0200 Received: from reader by z65-50-57-227.ips.direcpath.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 18:05:03 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Is Vesa/Uvesa still the way for Frame buffer Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:01:59 -0400 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87txj8ulmw.fsf@newsguy.com> 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-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: z65-50-57-227.ips.direcpath.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:GwaLUImm1KcYPY2e1Jj/DwhFeBk= X-Archives-Salt: c07b7ac7-81e7-4f76-924e-d6f56686c6fb X-Archives-Hash: 761273e95bb1c40c34bfaa53383a5b0d Canek Peláez Valdés writes: > First: > > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt > > Second: what card do you use? I haven't taken care of 'First' yet but here is the answer to 'second': Its a virtual box install of gentoo as guest on win7. Apparently this is what the vm supplies for video card. ,---- | | 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH | VirtualBox Graphics Adapter (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) | | Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 | Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=16M] | Expansion ROM at [disabled] `----