On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 22:00:39 -0500,
lamerfreak <laaaaameeeeerfreak@namor.ca> wrote:

> Compiled in framebuffer, console support, and that for the card in the
> system (an old ATI Mach64 GT). Tell LILO to ask, and select an 80x50
> mode.

> Works - for a second. Kernel boot scrolls by, then... big, blocky
> text again. The default 2.4 kernel works perfecly like this, so I'm
> somewhat stumped. Any particular options on how to get this working?

I can't help with configuring this particular framebuffer, but if you
can't find a solution, I suggest disabling specific ATI support and
using the VESA framebuffer. Details of doing this are in the following
link, so I won't repeat myself.

<http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/faqomatic/cache/92.html>

> Also, is LVM patched into the existing 2.4 kernel in slackware, or am
> I missing something?

Yes. Slackware has LVM support enabled in the kernel and an LVM 1
package.

> Something's different about 2.4 and 2.6 in this
> regard, isn't there?

I haven't tried LVM on 2.6 yet, but my vague understanding is that 2.6
supports LVM 2 only. There is LVM 2 packages along with the 2.6
packages, so I assume the LVM 2 support is enabled. You can check the
kernel's .config to be sure.

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Mark Hill