VESA framebuffer vs Intel framebuffer in Slackware 10.0 with default kernel
 

First of all, hello everyone since this is my first thread!

I'm running Slackware 10.0 with the default kernel 2.4.26. My computer is a laptop equipped with an Intel i830m.

My problem is that I can't use the Itel framebuffer (which is compiled as a module in the kernel) and I'm compelled to use the VESA one (which is built in the kernel). On some page on the internet (I don't remember where now) I found that I have to pass to lilo the following extra parameter

video=i810fb

(the document I found was about Intel i810) after the usual

vga=773

Actually the framebuffer is always vesa as it can be see typing

cat /proc/fb

which returns as output "0 VESA VGA"


Thank you in advance for your help!

Maybe you should try to use append in lilo.conf, like :
append="video=i810fb"

(put the line after kernel and vga settings)

But as you have it as module, I doubt that it will loaded at this boot time

Hello!

Actually, I think the issue is that the intel framebuffer support is compiled as a module instead of being built in the kernel. What seems strange is that I get no error messages with the "video=..." option.

Do you think I need am initial ram disk? I could try this way (before rebuild the kernel...)

I built the new kernel 2.4.29 without VGA and VESA framebuffer and with Intel i830M framebuffer (built-in, not as a module). It now works...

Bye!