Re: Enabling frame-buffer support in debian kernel

[Steve Webster <moonunit@ukonline.co.uk>]

Thanks Seneca, did the trick. (Seems obvious now...)

Steve

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Seneca wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 06:51:13PM +0000, Steve Webster wrote:
>  
>
> > I'm trying to enable frame-buffer support while configuring 
> > kernel-source-2.4.18, but all I get is a greyed-out list of choices in 
> > xconfig.
> >
> > This is what I've done....
> >    
> [...] 
>  
>
> > d) in /usr/src/linux did "make-kpkg kernel_image --added-patches 
> > debianlogo,preempt" which adds the
> >            debian patches and executes xconfig
> >
> > ...and that's about as far as I get. I can't see what choices I've made 
> > that could have disabled frame-buffer and I can't find any relevent 
> > patches. 
> >    
>
> You don't need a special patch.  Try enabling an option that you have
> not enabled before.
>
>  
>
> > Has anyone got any ideas how I can get this working?
> >    
>
> Select "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers".
>
>