On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 02:50, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Damien Solley wrote: > > > > Thanks for you answer, Nicolas. > > It seems that it may indeed be a framebuffer error. Although I had > > assumed my kernel framebuffer was working correctly (because I am > > getting 1024x768x8 console) there is an error. My dmesg output includes: > > $ dmesg|grep vesafb > > vesafb: abort, cannot reserve video memory at 0xe0000000 > > vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe0000000, mapped to 0xe0969000, size 832k > > vesafb: mode is 1024x768x8, linelength=1024, pages=0 > > vesafb: protected mode interface info at a5f3:1f5f > > vesafb: scrolling: redraw > > > > If it is incapable of reserving the video memory, does this mean that > > bootsplash won't work on this machine? It has an integrated I845 > > chipset, with only 1MB memory onboard, and shared memory via agpgart (no > > more memory is available until after kernel boot, when it is initialized > > with the 845patch by Christian Ziet). > > Regards > > Damien > > What kernel are you using? How much main memory do you have? How > much video memory? > > -Roberto
Kernel is 2.4.22 from ftp.kernel.org with Con Kolivas' -ck2 patch (includes bootsplash). I've got 512MB main memory with 1MB accessible to the BIOS while booting. I use the 845patch to allocate a further 10MB RAM to XFree86, but this is done during the sysinit stage, after kernel has loaded. Regards Damien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
