YDL-3.0: stock kernels lack NVIDIA GeForce framebuffer support

[Dan Burcaw]

rivafb is SUPPOSED TO BE turned off.

offb + the 'nv' XFree86 driver provide the most sane
NVIDIA support on PowerPC.


On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 10:17, Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote:
> In a previous posting to the list I asked:
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>      Is there anyone  out there who is running YDL-3.0 who has XF86
>      working
>      with a 22"LCD display and a NVIDIA GeForce 2MX?  If so,
>      please tell
>      how?
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> I checked the config file for the stock kernels and discovered in the
> framebuffer section that CONFIG_FB_RIVA was not set.  The absence of the
> requisite framebuffer support would explain why I was seeing garbage on
> the screen when running XF86.
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> -Joseph
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