From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>
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To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Subject: Re: load 2.4.x binary only module on 2.6
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 04:50:41 -0500
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On Friday 07 November 2003 00:28, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
>On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 19:42:39 EST, Gene Heskett said:
>> Dunno.  Card here is a gforce2-mx200, 32megs, your basic throwaway
>> card.  X is 4.1.0, and I'm looking to see if I have the vesafb
>> turned on, but I cannot find that as an option, and a grep of
>> .config comes back empty.
>
>Hmm... I'm using XFree86 4.3.0, which probably makes a big
> difference.
>
>Also, try tweaking the values of NvAGP in the XF86Config-4 file
>(I'm using NvAGP=3, your mileage may vary, depending on whether the
>NVidia AGP support or the agpgart version plays nicer with your
> box).
>
Thats already in there.

>Here's the relevant .config I'm using (oh, and I use 'vga=794' at
>boot, which gives me a 64x160 char display..

Which gave me a blank screen on an earlier boot attempt...
>
>#
># Graphics support
>#
>CONFIG_FB=y  OK
># CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set
># CONFIG_FB_IMSTT is not set
># CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set
>CONFIG_FB_VESA=y  OK
>CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y OK
># CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set
># CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set  is set y here
># CONFIG_FB_I810 is not set
># CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set
># CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set
># CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set
># CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set
># CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set
># CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC is not set
># CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set
># CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 is not set
># CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set
># CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set
>
>#
># Console display driver support
>#
>CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y  OK
># CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
>CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y  missing from 2.6.0-test9's xconfig
>CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y OK
>CONFIG_PCI_CONSOLE=y  missing
># CONFIG_FONTS is not set...is set here
>CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y  No
>CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y  OK
>
>#
># Logo configuration
>#
>CONFIG_LOGO=y  No here for all below
>CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO=y
>CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16=y
>CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y
>
>Works for me, hopefully something here will click and we'll figure
> out why it isn't working for you...

I turned on the VESA_FB and fonts and its rebuilding now.  Thanks a 
bunch.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M
Athlon1600XP@1400mhz  512M
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