[Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: [BK fbdev updates]

[James S. <jsi...@in...>]

> > Linus, please do a
> 
> James,
> 
> 2.5 still doesn't work on my vaio (I think I told you about this 3-4
> months ago) with the neofb. It just crashes with a black screen. If you
> don't have any clues what the problem is, I can hook the machine up to a
> serial console and see if anything interesting pops up. Using vesafb
> does make it boot, however the screen stays pitch black until X loads...

VESA doesn't work either. Can you check to see if you have framebuffer 
console enabled. Yes I'm curious to see why your neofb doesn't work.