[Voyage-linux] Howto get Framebuffer working

[Richard Urwin]

Sorry for the delay. I've been abroad.

I can report that the .deb package works fine on the 3C3.


On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 1:26 AM, Kim-man 'Punky' TSE
<punkytse at punknix.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have updated the kernel with proper settings.  Framebuffer console should
> work now.  You can find the latest kernel in:
>
>
> http://www.voyage.hk/dists/experimental/linux/linux-image-2.6.26-486-voyage_6.0-1_i386.deb
>
> voyage-lenny distro and live-cd are updated as well.
>
> Please test and feedback
>
> Regards,
> Punky
>
>
>
> Kim-man 'Punky' TSE wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> There had been reported problem on the framebuffer support in voyage.  But
>> I am quite suere lxfb.ko should be included in 0.5.2 and lenny release.
>>
>> You may find the documentation of lxfb in the link below
>>   http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.26.7/Documentation/fb/lxfb.txt
>>
>> You can also run "modinfo lxfb" to see the support module parameters.
>> If anyone in the list has successful story in using the framebuffer or X
>> with ALIX, please share your experience with us.  Of course, I would want to
>> get the framebuffer issue sorted out before 0.6.0 release.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Punky
>>
>>
>> Rainer Stratmann wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Richard,
>>>
>>> the framebuffer works for me if I use a Knoppix Kernel!
>>> May be this is not an elegant solution, but it works for me.
>>>
>>> Also you have to chmod /dev/fb0 somewhere in thee bootprocess (for
>>> example in rc.local) in order to have the accessrights to the framebuffer.
>>>
>>> Rainer
>>>
>>> Am Mittwoch, 22. Oktober 2008 20:28 schrieb Richard Urwin:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have an ALIX 3C3, and it's running voyage-lenny well. I would be happy
>>>> to
>>>> downgrade to stable if that is my problem.
>>>>
>>>> This project is to build a, frankly over-engineered, digital
>>>> photo-frame.
>>>>
>>>> I've done some reading, and I think I need to either use framebuffer or
>>>> X.
>>>>
>>>> I don't need X - I think I can do everything with just a command-line
>>>> and
>>>> framebuffer.
>>>>
>>>> I tried adding the lxfb module, but got a black screen with green lines.
>>>> Us
>>>> old-timers recognise this as the monitor in graphics mode and the OS
>>>> still
>>>> thinking it's in character mode. I've tried adding vga=785 to the boot
>>>> command, and got a simple black screen (much earlier in the boot.)
>>>>
>>>> I think I need to enable this in the kernel, but it will be the first
>>>> one
>>>> I've ever built, and I don't have any clear idea what I'm supposed to do
>>>> to
>>>> it. I notice that back in May someone posted a kernel with framebuffer
>>>> enabled, but it seems to have disappeared now.
>>>>
>>>> Complications: My other machine is an AMD64x2, in native mode, so not a
>>>> truly similar environment. It's running Hardy Heron. Until a bigger CF
>>>> card
>>>> arrives I'm limited to 256MB on the ALIX. It's never going to be huge.
>>>> Although maybe I could use USB memory sticks to extend this, or use an
>>>> NFS
>>>> share to the big machine.
>>>>
>>>> Questions: What is the least I have to do to a stock voyage-linux to get
>>>> a
>>>> useable framebuffer? If I need to build the kernel, what is the best
>>>> machine to do it on, the Hardy one, or the ALIX?
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>
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>
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> Punky
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Richard