Disabling frame buffer support
 

I want to disable frame buffer support in the kernel so VMWare will run correctly (keep getting an error about DGA not being compiled into the X server.

well i did a search on here, and someone said for it to work, you need to comment out one line in xorg.conf (which I did), and disable frame buffering in the kernel (which i also did). in my lilo.conf i set vga = normal

now this should all work i think?

well when it comes time to go through the dmesg, i get a black screen with a cursor in the bottom left, and it just sits there indefinately.

can someone help me out? =\

Did you RUN lilo after chankging lilo.conf?

did lilo -U and lilo, yes.

Post your kernel parameter lines from your lilo config please. Also did you compile yourself a kernel or it is a slackware kernel ?

Do you normally boot into runlevel 3 (CLI) or 4 (GUI)?

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere

[edit] And what video card do you have? Have you installed the drivers for it? [/edit]

keep in mind i re-enabled frame buffer so i could function. when i had it disabled, vga was equal to 'normal'

and this is 2.6.7, so i made it myself.

runlevel 3

ati radeon 9800 pro, drivers installed via kernel, ati drivers seem to make my computing experience a little "unstable"

try add :
append="vga=normal"
I don't know if it will work, but in case...