Bug#167240: BF2.4 installer kernel should NOT use VGA16 FB by default.
* Len Sorensen <lsorense@opengraphics.com> [2002-10-31 16:50]:
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: 3.0.23-2002-05-21
>
> The kernel used in the bf2.4 boot floppies for i386 seems to use the
> vga16 FB by default. While this gives a cute little penguin logo on most
> machines, it also gives a blank screen on many machines using an LCD
> panel for it's display (at least on an SiS based system, and on my IBM
> 560X thinkpad, and a few others I have talked to people using).
vga16 FB is needed to use bterm which permits internalisation with
newt-utf8 and slang-utf8.
--
Thomas Poindessous
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