On 20/12/07 18:25 -0200, Omar Esteves Duarte Filho wrote:
Hello!
I'm trying to use LinuxBIOS with AMD Geode DB800 platform. However, until now, I could not manage to get VGA output working.
Here is a summary of what i've tried:
- built a LinuxBIOS rom image without VGA support.
- downloaded a brand new kernel from www.kernel.org (kernel version:
2.6.23.9).
- configured this kernel, enabling these options:
[*] AMD Geode family framebuffer support (EXPERIMENTAL) <*> AMD Geode LX framebuffer support (EXPERIMENTAL)
editted GRUB's menu.lst file to include the following entry:
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.23.9-geodelx-fb root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.9-geodelx-fb
root=UUID=b40ebb15-49bd-4042-ab40-5437c0caa1ba ro quiet splash pnpbios=off initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.23.9-geodelx-fb quiet savedefault
- compiled fbcon as a module.
Compile fbcon in to the kernel - if it is a module, then you won't see any of the early kernel output at all. I would also get rid of the Ubuntu splash screen, it just getting in the way right now - remove 'quiet' and 'splash' from the kernel line in grub.
However, if I try to modprobe fbcon, i get nothing. Running startx also gives me no result... Does anyone have any idea or clue about this?
Was X configured for the 'amd' driver?
Jordan