Bug 371191 – Kernel modesetting section of xorg configuration out of date w.r.t. make nconfig screens

• Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description bgoodr 2011-06-12 01:46:22 UTC]

In the "Kernel modesetting" section of http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml

We see this

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Code Listing 2.2: Configuring framebuffers

Device Drivers --->
  Graphics support --->
    Support for frame buffer devices --->
    (Disable all drivers, including VGA, Intel, nVidia, and ATI)

    (Further down, enable basic console support. KMS uses this.)
    Console display driver support --->
      <*>  Framebuffer Console Support
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But there is no "Framebuffer Console Support" item in the current screen shown by executing "make nconfig". Here is what I see:

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           .config - Linux/i386 2.6.37-gentoo-r4 Kernel Configuration
 lqq Support for frame buffer devices qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
 x                                                                            x
 x        --- Support for frame buffer devices                                x
 x        [*]   Enable firmware EDID                                          x
 x        [ ]   Framebuffer foreign endianness support  --->                  x
 x        [ ]   Enable Video Mode Handling Helpers                            x
 x        [ ]   Enable Tile Blitting Support                                  x
 x              *** Frame buffer hardware drivers ***                         x
 x        < >   Cirrus Logic support                                          x
 x        < >   Permedia2 support                                             x
 x        < >   CyberPro 2000/2010/5000 support                               x
 x        < >   Arc Monochrome LCD board support                              x
 x        [ ]   Asiliant (Chips) 69000 display support                        x
 x        [ ]   IMS Twin Turbo display support                                x
 x        < >   VGA 16-color graphics support                                 x
 x        [*]   VESA VGA graphics support                                     x
 x        [*]   EFI-based Framebuffer Support                                 x
 x        < >   N411 Apollo/Hecuba devkit support                             x
 x        < >   Hercules mono graphics support                                x
 x        < >   Epson S1D13XXX framebuffer support                            x
 x                                                                            x
 x                                                                            x
 mF1HelpqF2Sym InfoqF3InstsqF4ConfigqF5BackqF6SaveqF7LoadqF8Sym SearchqF9Exitqj
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The docs need to be updated for the new nconfig screens.

[Comment 1 nm (RETIRED) 2011-06-12 02:46:35 UTC]

*** Bug 371193 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 2 nm (RETIRED) 2011-06-12 02:51:34 UTC]

As stated, it's under the "Console display driver support" submenu, hence the multiple arrows ---->.

It's been there for a long time, and it's still there on the latest 2.6.39 kernel I use. If you don't see it, then nconfig is broken.

[Comment 3 bgoodr 2011-06-12 14:46:15 UTC]

Rats. I did not even notice the "Console display driver support --->" part of the instructions. User error. My apologies.

bg