Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] ThinClient Configuration Issues

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On 19 Nov 2001, Michael Peddemors wrote:
> Well I have a lot of them :)
> Tried working them out myself, and finally gave in and trying the list..
>
> First of all.. I have an issue where I want to support many types of
> Video cards with a single kernel..
>
> SO I compiled in all of the framebuffer hardwares into the kernel, and
> also included the generic VESA VGA driver as well, thinking that it
> would try the other hardwares, and fallback to VESA if it didn't find
> any other hardwares..

That's correct for drivers that use the resource management system.

Note that there are still some drivers that don't use the resource management
system, so you can get conflicts between vgafb/vesafg and each of these
drivers.

> ThinClient logs attached..

No attachment found?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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