Subj : glibc libcrypt
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Benny Pedersen
Date : Sun Jul 11 2021 07:26 pm

Hello Maurice!

11 Jul 2021 04:06, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:

BP>> have you tryed booting vesa fb0 ?

MK> Not since the Paleolithic.  Besides that requires a 4:3 monitor which
MK> I currently lack.

incorrect, vesa does not enforce aspect ratio

i had vesa on 1600x1200 monitor with 8 penguins, i still have that picture

vesa is what to do if others does not work

BP>> if that works its just missing firmware or unsupported uhd in
BP>> kernel

MK> So far I am up to a bootable 5.13.1 kernel and it still doesn't even
MK> try to display penguins.  :-/

take that graphic card out and return it to the store as non working :)

BP>> loadlin.exe gentoo with msdos-splash
BP>> i remember this dos program, mostly used on floppy disks to boot
BP>> linux, shameless

MK> There was also a win95 version of it (desktop icon) that when you
MK> double clicked on it, it would shut down win95 and fire up a linux
MK> partition without a reboot.

and the loadlin.exe existed for os/2 if i remember aswell

i am just happy now that msdos chromoium edge is open source now :)

change the msdos to run on framebuffers so chrome do work, hehe

MK> Shameless for sure.

+1


Regards Benny

... too late to die young :)

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