Re: Loongson console display text

[Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il>]

So, the work needed to get the YeeLoong netbook display X:

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:38:49PM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:

> When I try to run Xorg, I get:
> 
> (EE) Failed to load module "siliconmotion" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
> 
> Hmm... xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion was not installed. Let's try
> again.
> 
> (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
> (EE) SMI(0): Cannot read V_BIOS (5) No such file or directory
> 
> I guess I removed it because it crashed the X server with earlier
> kernels.

http://bugs.debian.org/594684
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion: siliconmotion driver segfaults on a
Lemote YeeLoong (SM712 LynxEM+)

Filed against the experimental driver, but applies just the same to the
Squeeze one.

> 
> OK. I guess I need to look into the display drivers. Now wasn't there
> one in the staging tree?
> 
> Yup. drivers/staging/sm7xx .
> 
> Building vs. the -headers package. insmoding. Looks nicer...
> 
> Adding it to /etc/modules, and I have a console.

http://bugs.debian.org/594642
linux-image: add sm7xx (Staging driver)

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