68237 – Bootloader framebuffer configuration obsolete for 2.6 kernels

Bug 68237 - Bootloader framebuffer configuration obsolete for 2.6 kernels

Summary: Bootloader framebuffer configuration obsolete for 2.6 kernels

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 67897

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs-user
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High major (vote)
Assignee:	Docs Team

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Reported:	2004-10-19 22:07 UTC by Martin S
Modified:	2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
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Description Martin S 2004-10-19 22:07:27 UTC

Just noticed while translating the bootloader configuration page in the handbook that the vga statement is for 2.4 kernels only in regard to getting framebuffer working. There is no mention of gensplash which is used in the 2.6 kernel as default. Or that you can use the 2.4 default setup if you deselect support for gensplash from the 2.6 kernels.

Needs to be rewritten as if people use the dev-kernel the instructions are incorrect and probably will cause confusing when framebuffer isn't working.

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Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-10-19 23:45:45 UTC

I'm not sure what the essence of this bug here is; could it be that it's a duplicate of bug #67897 ?

Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-10-20 02:33:09 UTC

Well, I'm guessing it is. 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 67897 ***