Gentoo on Mac Mini - can't get framebuffer to work

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Published on 2010-05-11T06:42:32Z Indexed on 2010/05/11 6:44 UTC
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I have the last Gentoo on an intel mac mini with 945G graphics. I'm trying to start X (with no config) but it complains that /dev/fb0 doesn't exist. I've tried adding the following options to the kernel boot params:

video=intelfb:mode=800x600-32@60,accel,hwcursor vga=761

Because I read that the fb might not be enabled unless you set a vga= option. Unfortunately the kernel doesn't recognise that option. If I changed it to vga=ask it presents me a list of about 6 text modes no greater than 80x60.

In the kernel I have agpgart, drm (using i830 module) and vga text console compiled in.

What am I not doing right ?

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Gentoo on Mac Mini - can't get framebuffer to work

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Published on 2010-05-11T06:42:32Z Indexed on 2010/05/11 14:25 UTC
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I have the latest Gentoo on an intel mac mini with 945G graphics. I'm trying to start X (with no config) but it complains that /dev/fb0 doesn't exist. I've tried adding the following options to the kernel boot params:

video=intelfb:mode=800x600-32@60,accel,hwcursor vga=761

Because I read that the fb might not be enabled unless you set a vga= option. Unfortunately the kernel doesn't recognise that option. If I changed it to vga=ask it presents me a list of about 6 text modes no greater than 80x60.

In the kernel I have agpgart, drm (using i830 module) and vga text console compiled in.

What am I not doing right ?

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