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Re: Tux logo, Nvidia drivers, and framebuffer



On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 01:23, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
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> On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Brian Pack wrote:
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> > On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 13:16, Alvin Oga wrote:
> >> On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Brian Pack wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm making progress. By adding video=vesa vga=0x317 I get a blank screen
> >>> up to the point that X starts. That's not a problem for now, because I
> >>> know I'm on the right track. I'm recompiling a kernel right now that has
> >>> vesa included, and not a module, as well as console framebuffer support.
> >>
> >> the blank screen means you dont have the proper frame buffer defined
> >> ( same probelm as my stuff ... just need to tweek the various fb options )
> >>
> >>> Once I get that, *then* I can start playing with the bootsplash patch.
> >>
> >> i'd do the same tests ( same kernel ) on machines that you know worked
> >> on other distro ( like suse-9.1 has splash by default ) so it should
> >> work for deb's splash too
> >> 	- not all mb and not all chipsets are "the same" :-)
> >>
> >> yup...  and when you're done .. you can come play on my brain-dead mb too
> >> with gazillion different chipset to see which works and which does not
> >> support tux on boot or splash
> >
> > I compiled a new kernel, with vesa included instead of a module, same
> > for console framebuffer. Added video=vesa and vga=0x317 in menu.lst for
> > grub.
> >
> > I've got Tux! :)
> >
> >
> But you won't be enjoying all the features that your vga card (Nvidia)
> is capable of. If the kernel has support for Nvidia include it too. Find
> the arguments required to pass to the Nvidia module. And try with that.
> You might get better results. I had the same on my Intel 815e chipset mb
> with on-board vga where I used Intel FB which rocks better than vesa.

Are you certain about that? The nvidia logo pops up when x starts, so
I'm pretty sure I've got the drivers running properly at that point.

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