[ltp] TP 600e, NEOMAGIC FrameBuffer and bootup

Antiphon linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:25:08 -0400


It's a kernel problem. You don't need the Neomagic framebuffer driver and the 
VESA driver. Unselect Neomagic and then recompile your kernel

On September 27, 2003 03:40 pm, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a kernel with framebuffer enabled, which boots up into a 1024x768
> console on my Thinkpad 600E.  This is fine, but, the Penguin Logo is
> comes up in a reverse video 640x480 box pinned to the upper left corner
> of the console.  The kernel bootup messages start up directly after this
> bo, and it look pretty ugly.
>
> Has anyone seen this?  If so is there a solution?  Does it involve using
> a 1024x768 logo?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Tony