My machines have problems, when the frame buffer is compiled in, but I
will be more than happy to check one if you want to try it.
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Chris Lumens wrote:
> > Started to install slack alpha on my AS400 this past weekend
> > (from a sync that I did around the 11th, our firewall has
> > been having problems, so I don't have anything newer and this
> > might no longer apply). I noticed that after aboot loads the
> > kernel and the kernel takes over that I no longer get a
> > console display. Of course, this is because the kernel didn't
> > have TGA framebuffer support included. It would be nice if it
> > was included. Of course, it would also be nice if we could
> > have one generic kernel too ;)
>
> Yes, having the one generic kernel would be a very nice thing. Maybe it's
> time to steal another distribution's configs. :)
>
> As for the TGA framebuffer support, that brings up a few interesting
> questions. I've basically figured out that the only framebuffers that work
> on Alphas are the TGA ones, correct? Additionally, there's a certain set
> of options that *must* be enabled for the TGA framebuffer to work.
>
> So if I were to nuke all framebuffer support except for the TGA cards,
> would that cause significant problems? Does anyone see a problem with
> that?
>
> I might also remove all USB support from the kernels since: (1) I don't
> think there are too many Alphas with USB support, and (2) I don't believe
> the OHCI drivers work properly. What does everyone think?
>
> --
> Chris Lumens - chris@slackware.com - KG6CIH
> @n=(-42,-85,-83,-19,65,2,-10,-10,-15,-3,2,-10,73,-4,8,-4,2,79,8,17,15,7,14,2);
> print map{chr(-$n[$i++]+ord)} sort(split(//,'place random string here')),"\n";
>
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