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mercurator
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 Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:19 pm Post subject: Kernel 2.6.9 and vesafb-tng |
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I've configured and compiled the new gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.9-r1 as I would usually do with a kernel. When the kernel starts booting ( about 0,5 sec after grub does it's job ) the graphics goes crazy. The kernel outputs garbage on my screen. In kernel 2.6.8.1 I've had no such problems. Anyway, this happens when I use vesafb-tng as a display driver. If I use radeonfb then I get the frame buffer to work at full resolution, but the gensplash breaks and outputs garbage. But then again, I never got gensplash to work with radeonfb.
I have an ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card in a pentium-m laptop with 1400x1050 LCD. Here's my grub boot line:
| Code: | root=(hd0,0)
kernel=(hd0,0)/kernel-2.6.9-gentoo root=/dev/hda2 video=vesafb:ywrap,pmipal,1400x1050-32@60 splash=silent,theme:emergence
initrd=(hd0,0)/fbsplash-emergence-1400x1050 |
Is anyone experiencing same problems?
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7thSphere
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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its not exactly the same problem... but my box runs into an error while compiling linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 kernel... vesafb seems to be the problem... atm i haven't found a solution
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CC init/version.o
LD init/built-in.o
LD .tmp_vmlinux1
drivers/built-in.o(.init.text+0x3b34): In function `vesafb_init_set_mode':
: undefined reference to `vesa_modes'
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Jux
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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@mercurator
exactly the same problem here - my card is a radoen 9700 (M11) and my resolution is 1400x1050 too.
The problem is reproduceable with gentoo-dev-sources and love-sources .
No solution so far ??
Thank you
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DaNIsH
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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Also recieving the above error, so far I havn't found a fix.
I'm guessing going from vesafb-tng to normal vesafb may do it, but i'd prefer to avoid that option.
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Jux
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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Ok - when using vesafb the problem seems to be solved - just temporary - because i want my splash back!  |
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KejPi
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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I have the same problem...
My grub config is:
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kernel (hd0,1)/boot/kernel-2.6.9-r1-dev root=/dev/hda2 video=vesafb:ywrap,pmipal,1024x768-32@85 splash=silent,theme:emergence
initrd (hd0,1)/boot/fbsplash-emergence-1024x768
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And there is no splash  |
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aronparsons
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm getting the exact same error as 7thSphere. |
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Headrush
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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I have no problems with the gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.9-r1 and framebuffer on a Nvidia card.
Mind you I am using vesafb and not vesfb-tng.
I have no need for refresh setting for a screen I will only see for a few seconds, and the plain vesafb switches to the framebuffer much sooner than tng. (Less text on screen) |
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Swoosh
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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I'm also getting the same error as 7thSphere.
I've just disabled vesafb for the moment. |
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snekiepete
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 3:18 am Post subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.9 and vesafb-tng |
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| mercurator wrote: | I've configured and compiled the new gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.9-r1 as I would usually do with a kernel. When the kernel starts booting ( about 0,5 sec after grub does it's job ) the graphics goes crazy. The kernel outputs garbage on my screen. In kernel 2.6.8.1 I've had no such problems. Anyway, this happens when I use vesafb-tng as a display driver. If I use radeonfb then I get the frame buffer to work at full resolution, but the gensplash breaks and outputs garbage. But then again, I never got gensplash to work with radeonfb.
I have an ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card in a pentium-m laptop with 1400x1050 LCD. Here's my grub boot line:
| Code: | root=(hd0,0)
kernel=(hd0,0)/kernel-2.6.9-gentoo root=/dev/hda2 video=vesafb:ywrap,pmipal,1400x1050-32@60 splash=silent,theme:emergence
initrd=(hd0,0)/fbsplash-emergence-1400x1050 |
Is anyone experiencing same problems? |
I'm using 2.6.10, but I have had this problem like you describe, at boot I get some junk althoug it seems the system continues to boot just fine. Anyways, to get 1400x1050 I had to do this on my grub kernel line
video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,nocrtc,vbemode:328
most notably the nocrtc and vbemode options. to see what other vbe-mode options you have, emerge lrmi and run
with a vesafb-tng enabled kernel
the mode numbers are on the left. |
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