Kernek 2.6 + Framebuffer

**trickster** · 12-30-2003, 06:52 PM

Does anyone has 2.6 running with framebuffer support?

I can't get it to work, either with rivafb or vesafb, though it works fine under 2.4x. I'm passing vga=791.

On bootup, i just get a blank screen, even though it seems to be loading.

I've googled around, and it seems many people have this problem, but I haven't seen an answer to it...

**Stuart** · 12-30-2003, 06:59 PM

Hi Trickster.
I too had this problem, until I started using bootsplash.
It's not really a fix, but it works for me (and it's nice eye candy)

**trickster** · 12-30-2003, 07:21 PM

I like bootsplash a lot, but I tend to be a control freak, and I like to see what is happening on my computer when it is starting up, plus I do some work on the CLI.

**Stuart** · 12-30-2003, 09:52 PM

Set it to verbose mode

**TeRG** · 12-31-2003, 12:24 AM

I had test10 working with framebuffer. where it failed was with my NIC. but i think thats a case of PEBKAC..i didnt spend time working with it to try to figure out why. i just said "maybe later" and booted into 2.4..

**trickster** · 02-29-2004, 07:29 PM

[quote author=philangatron link=board=2;threadid=8383;start=0#msg76056 date=1072824778]
Set it to verbose mode

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Hey, can you post some specifics on how you got this thing to work?
I'm kind of lost...

CP · 03-01-2004, 08:43 PM

Try vga=ask, and then let it scan, or you could just work through each mode one at a time. I have the same problem.

**Stuart** · 03-01-2004, 08:46 PM

[quote author=trickster link=board=2;threadid=8383;start=0#msg79253 date=1078086546]
[quote author=philangatron link=board=2;threadid=8383;start=0#msg76056 date=1072824778]
Set it to verbose mode

[/quote]
Hey, can you post some specifics on how you got this thing to work?
I'm kind of lost...
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Okay. boot options: splash=silent should be splash=verbose.