Re: framebuffer support in 2.4.18 kernel sources
On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 08:04:55PM -0500, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:
> I am trying to get my Handspring Visor to work, running into a baffling
> problem where the module loads, but the visor won't sync.
>
> I thought perhaps I had a bad module and downloaded the 2.4.18 kernel
> from the Debian archives (I read the FAQ and used the Debian way to do
> things AFAIK). I rebuilt the kernel successfully.
>
> I can't find any option in the make xconfig to allow console framebuffer
> support! I have a T21 Thinkpad, and I'm using 128x48 console windows in
> Redhat 7.3, and for that matter, in the install copy of Debian. But not
> in the kernel I compiled...
>
> What am I missing? I can't find any option to allow this - the choices
> about framebuffers remain greyed out in xconfig.
There is an option "Prompt for developmental and/or incomplete
code/drivers". Select that. Framebuffer choices will stop being greyed
out.
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Seneca
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