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-rw-r--r--perl-install/install/NEWS1
-rw-r--r--perl-install/install/any.pm16
-rw-r--r--perl-install/install/install2.pm2
3 files changed, 1 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/install/NEWS b/perl-install/install/NEWS
index 281808989..c6c80b566 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/install/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
- fix resizing/formatting ntfs, and create "Windows" entry in bootloader
(broken because of ntfs-3g switch in previous release)
- install kernel586 on Transmeta Crusoe TM5800 (#37866)
+- do not load i810fb, rely on vesa xorg drive instead (it may help #37772)
Version 10.8 - 4 March 2008
diff --git a/perl-install/install/any.pm b/perl-install/install/any.pm
index 7cf2de647..da61cc957 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/any.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/any.pm
@@ -43,22 +43,6 @@ sub is_network_install {
member($o->{method}, qw(ftp http nfs));
}
-
-sub start_i810fb() {
- my ($vga) = cat_('/proc/cmdline') =~ /vga=(\S+)/;
- return if !$vga || listlength(cat_('/proc/fb'));
-
- my %vga_to_xres = (0x311 => '640', 0x314 => '800', 0x317 => '1024');
- my $xres = $vga_to_xres{$vga} || '800';
-
- log::l("trying to load i810fb module with xres <$xres> (vga was <$vga>)");
- eval { modules::load('intel_agp') };
- eval {
- my $opt = "xres=$xres hsync1=32 hsync2=48 vsync1=50 vsync2=70 vram=2 bpp=16 accel=1 mtrr=1"; #- this sucking i810fb does not accept floating point numbers in hsync!
- modules::load_with_options([ 'i810fb' ], { i810fb => $opt });
- };
-}
-
sub spawnShell() {
return if $::local_install || $::testing || dont_run_directly_stage2();
diff --git a/perl-install/install/install2.pm b/perl-install/install/install2.pm
index 281116c70..c18fb03cf 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/install2.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/install2.pm
@@ -525,8 +525,6 @@ sub main {
# keep the result otherwise monitor-edid does not return good results afterwards
eval { any::monitor_full_edid() };
- install::any::start_i810fb();
-
$o->{allowFB} = listlength(cat_("/proc/fb"));
if (!$::testing) {