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From: Jon M. Taylor <taylorj@ecs.csus.edu>
To : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 16:58:41 -0700 (PDT)
Re: unresolve fb_display II
On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Jan Kneschke wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Jan Kneschke wrote:
>
> > weigon:/linux2/home/weigon/degas/kgicon/kgi # insmod kgicon.o ;
> > ../util/con2fbmap 0 1
> > kgicon.o: unresolved symbol fb_display
> i have installed a new linux-2.1.114 and selected the following fb-options:
> CONFIG_FB=y
> CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_FB_VGA=m
> CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
> CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
> CONFIG_FB_MDA=m
> CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL=m
> CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED=y
> CONFIG_FBCON_MFB=m
> CONFIG_FBCON_CFB2=m
> CONFIG_FBCON_CFB4=m
> CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=m
> CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=m
> CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=m
> CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=m
> CONFIG_FBCON_VGA=m
> CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS=y
> CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
> CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y
Have you tried not using modules? I never have used modules for
this stuff.
> the whole kernel is compile by egcs
> egcs-2.90.29 980515 (egcs-1.0.3 release)
> libc-5.4.44
> ld.so.1.9.9
> binutils-2.9.1.0.7
Roughly the same setup I have.
> and here is the output if i try to insert the fb-modules:
> weigon:/lib/modules/2.1.114/video # insmod fbcon-vga.o
> weigon:/lib/modules/2.1.114/video # insmod vgafb.o
> vgafb.o: unresolved symbol fb_display
>
> fb_display is in the kernel.
The only thing I can think of is that using modules is causing a
problem somewhere.
> weigon@weigon:/linux2/home/weigon > nm linux/vmlinux | grep fb_display
> c0236eac B fb_display
>
> but the 'B' tells me
>
> 'B'
> The symbol is in the uninitialized data section (known as
> BSS).
>
> is this correct ?? please check at your linux-box.
> is someone else using egcs ??
I am, with no problems. It is a slightly newer build than yours.
> i'm just getting mad.
Just keep trying and we'll get it working.
Jon
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