* Nick Boyce ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030302 22:51]: > On Sunday 02 Mar 2003 5:04 pm, Sebastian D.B. Krause wrote: > > > > "Console drivers -> Frame-buffer support". You can only see this > > option when you enable "Code maturity level options -> Prompt for > > development and/or incomplete code/drivers". > > Thanks guys - I've tried that now and it worked - well sort of worked > ... I configured the console frame buffer driver for my card (Voodoo 3) > and I now have Tux appearing on boot up as desired, except there's a > slight difference between my new kernel's output and the bf24 kernel > output : there's now a blank white area appearing to Tux's right, > stretching all the way to the right-hand side of the screen - this area > is just normal black with the bf24 kernel. > > I guess the bf24 kernel incorporates some kind of generic frame-buffer > driver that behaves differently from the Voodoo 3 one. I'll have a > play with this. > > BTW: I'm slightly surprised that an "experimental" feature is enabled in > the default Debian release boot-floppies kernel. I wonder how > experimental it is.
I think the "experimental" tag probably refers to specific features of certain video cards. For basic VGA frame-buffer support, "experimental" may not be accurate anymore (??). Hall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
