Re: [!] 2.6.26 + vga=791

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 08/02/08 09:06, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> [snip]
> > Good clue! But I am no closer and consider giving up: it would only be
> > useful if I found a kernel parameter for the cmdline to avoid being
> > without framebuffers.
> >
> > Any other "fix" entails recompiling the Debian Kernel, e.g. in order to
> > install uvesfb you have to do that.
> >
> > The last Debian kernel that ran with vga=791 was 2.6.24. So I did a diff
> > -y beteen that and 2.6.25 that does *not* allow vga=791. That file is 
> > here:
> > http://www.geocities.com/hugovanwoerkom/config-24-25-diff.txt
>
> The only seemingly-relevant change I see is to this entry:
> CONFIG_FB_UVESA

Thanks for checking, Ron. That is because in 2.6.25 and later I can 
*only* get framebuffer support by activating that particular entry, 
recompiling the kernel, per
http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/

In this particular kernel I had ufesafb enabled.

Hugo