Hi there. Controlling the VESA display requires real mode interrupt calls, which are unavailable after the kernel has been loaded. Therefore, the VESA framebuffer support can't be used as a module, and must be compiled in the kernel to be used.
Best regards, Tom Alsberg On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 03:45:03PM -0400, jeff covey wrote: > i was very happy the other day when i installed my newest machine and > got a penguin logo as soon as i rebooted. :) > > unfortunately, the kernel that the installation gave me > (2.2.18pre21-idepci) is the only prepackaged kernel i've been able to > find that has framebuffer support compiled in. i've tried 2.2.18, > 2.2.19pre17, and 2.4.2-k7 without success. > > so i'd like to know one of two things: > > 1. where can i find a kernel that will boot and give me a framebuffer, > > or > > 2. how can i turn the framebuffer on when support for it has been > compiled into modules? when i used a matrox millenium, i was able > to modprobe matroxfb, and the framebuffer would pop on. 2.4.2-k7, > which i'm using now, has tons of fb modules. how can i do the same > thing with the vesa framebuffer and the card i have now (an s3 > savage4)? > > thanks, > > -- > |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| > | jeff covey [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pobox.com/~jeff.covey/ 410-669-4926 | > |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| > | he also bought this nuns. | > |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
