Re: framebuffer support in 2.4.18 kernel sources
You'd think if I was smart enough to write an email, I'd have been smart
enough to figure that one out.
I've got it now.
Thanks,
Bret
On Tue, 2002-12-24 at 20:12, Seneca wrote:
>
> 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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