OT: Kernel Updates...

Felix Jodoin felixj at shaw.ca
Sat Dec 11 09:07:22 MST 2004


On 11-Dec-04, at 8:10 AM, Beth Johnson wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 02:10, Owen Stampflee wrote:
>> Needs testing... please reply with yay/nay and what hardware and 
>> kernel
>> you're using.
>>
>> http://cvs.terraplex.com/~owen/kernel-2.6.9/
>
> I don't know if it's a problem with my system (there are certainly
> enough) or with this kernel, but I'm getting complaints
> when trying to install aty128fb.ko about it needing unknown symbols
> "mac_find_module" and "mac_vmode_to_var." This at the "make
> modules_install" part.
>
> regards,
> Beth
> -- 

For me, with kernel 2.6.8, adding video=aty128fb does nothing. The 
first two lines I see when I boot up yellowdog say that it either:
a) cannot find the framebuffer address
b) Or that my card is invalid 0x000.
If the exact phrases are important, I can get those too.

Thanks,
Felix



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