Coreboot on AMD Geode; No VGA

[Nils]

Andrew Bolster wrote:
> Can anyone point me in the direction of how to set up coreboot +
> seabios so that it actually uses the VGA?

I am struggling with the same problem for some time now.
Extracting the original VGA as Peter suggests won't work because the LX
VSA we use is stripped down and doesn't have the graphics init routines
in it anymore.

The most promising solution that should work (i didn't test it yet) i
could find is this: http://patchwork.coreboot.org/patch/190/
It seems Chris is not working on it anymore and Kevin did not approve it
in it's current state for inclusion in Seabios.

Thanks, Nils.

[Andrew Bolster]

Also, Nils, that patch description implies that VGA is working but on
switching from X to console, gets messed up. That is not the problem that
I'm having. I literally get nothing coming out of the VGA device.

Regards
Andrew Bolster

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On 12 July 2011 19:55, Nils  wrote:
> Andrew Bolster wrote:
> > Can anyone point me in the direction of how to set up coreboot +
> > seabios so that it actually uses the VGA?
>
> I am struggling with the same problem for some time now.
> Extracting the original VGA as Peter suggests won't work because the LX
> VSA we use is stripped down and doesn't have the graphics init routines
> in it anymore.
>
> The most promising solution that should work (i didn't test it yet) i
> could find is this: http://patchwork.coreboot.org/patch/190/
> It seems Chris is not working on it anymore and Kevin did not approve it
> in it's current state for inclusion in Seabios.
>
> Thanks, Nils.