Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:28:18 +0100 | From | Gerd Hoffmann <> | Subject | Re: [patch 1/2] uml: enable drivers (input, fb, vt) |
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Jeff Dike wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 05:00:05PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: >> This patch enables a number of drivers for the uml build, in preparation >> for the uml framebuffer driver patch coming next ;) > > I'm still unsure about this. It builds now, which is an improvement, but > doesn't seem to work for me. > > Displaying it remotely just doesn't work for me. I get "uml-x11-fb: > can't open X11 window" in the kernel log.
It wants create a shared memory segment for the framebuffer (using the MIT-SHM extension), which works only with a local display ...
> Locally, it creates a window, and boots, but there's no output in the > window, and there's no sign of a getty on the main console when I log > in through another console.
Do you have "CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y" in .config?
cheers,
Gerd
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