[Bug 246269] Re: Switched from vesafb to uvesafb, but uvesafb can't work without v86d

[Harvey Muller]

Regarding my previous comment above:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/246269/comments/11

When I made the comment above, I was working within a system I had
personally built by hand.  I manually built the kernel, klibc, and v86d.
It of course worked perfectly in that environment.  I assumed WRONGLY
that since v86d was now being shipped in Ubuntu that it should work
there too.

I am now testing an installation on a Dell Inspiron 1420, using the
20080829 daily-live amd64 desktop (Alpha 5) iso which includes kernel
version 2.6.27.  I can confirm that uvesafb DOES NOT work in this
environment.  This is documented in the Debian v86d readme.  Uvesafb
will not work in Ubuntu until Debian/Ubuntu begin shipping v86d built
against klibc.  Or the user successfully builds v86d against klibc
themselves.

uvesafb will not work during boot while v86d is built against glibc.  I
apologize for the previous noise.

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Switched from vesafb to uvesafb, but uvesafb can't work without v86d
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246269
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