<DIV>All i know is for the Via Cle266 FB support that get's loaded as a module. Direct FB support though is enable in the kernel, along with the Trident FB driver. Go figure and I can't say if that applies to the riva. This probably doesn't help.</DIV>
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<DIV>Stuart<BR><BR><B><I>Steve <wilton@hal.humberc.on.ca></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 19:17, J. Donavan Stanley wrote:<BR>> I'm about ready to pull my hair out!<BR>> <BR>> Can someone point me to some documentation for using the rivafb module? <BR>> I can't track down any info on how to properly enable the thing. I'm <BR>> downloading 2.4.24 to see if it has some updated docs or anything.<BR>> <BR>> All I want to do is muck aorund with directfb but right now I can't get <BR>> a framebuffer working propely.<BR><BR>I don't know anything about the rivafb module, but in general you have<BR>to specify video=rivafb(or whatever) as a kernel boot parameter. How you<BR>do that depends on which loader you are using. <BR><BR>For lilo, add "video=rivafb" (<-- I assume) to the append line for your<BR>kernel and re-run lilo.<BR><BR>Steve<BR><BR><BR>> ATTACHMENT part 1.2 application/pgp-signature
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