From: Andrew Apted <ajapted@netspace.net.au>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 12:30:57 +1000

Re: KGI? agh...

Marcus writes:

>  * If you have loaded the fbcon VGA driver module (or compiled it
>    into the kernel) the screen will go all black when you insert
>    kgicon.o. You'll have to map the consoles to the new kgicon
>    driver by blindly typing "con2fbmap <consnum> 1" for each of
>    your consoles (starting with <consnum> = 1)

Just "con2fbmap 0 1" will do (the 0 means "all consoles" :).

>  > Also, (i'm not sure if this is just me but..) the 'Console Drivers'
>  > section of the 2.1.115 config will only let me select 'VGA text
>  > console', all the other options are greyed out (using xconfig)
>  > (menuconfig only has 'VGA text console')!! I guess this is just me
>  > (i had the same probs with 2.1.114), has
>  > anyone else had this problem? how do i fix it?!

Have you enabled the "Prompt for incomplete or experimental drivers"
option in the code maturity menu ?

Cheers,
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