Re: vesa & v2.1.109

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:38:15 +0200 (CEST)

On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Stefan Ring wrote:
> My problem is that I have a VESA 2.0 compliant card (Hercules Dynamite
> 128 with ET6000 chipset), and when I start up linux with a vesa mode, I
> can see on the monitor that the card was switched into the right mode,
> but damn I can't see anything. The system is running ok, but it's no fun
> having a black screen in front of you.

Have you selected `Advanced low level driver options' (CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED)?
`No' is a safe option here.

If you choose `yes', have you enabled support for CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8,
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16, CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24, CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32?

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium




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