linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.33-rc3 -- Intel 945GME (inteldrmfb) -- Two Tux images displayed are side by side (should only show one).

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Date:	Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:48:18 +0000 (GMT)
From:	James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
To:	Miles Lane <miles.lane@...il.com>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Sylvain Meyer <sylvain.meyer@...ldonline.fr>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.33-rc3 -- Intel 945GME (inteldrmfb) -- Two Tux images 
 displayed are side by side (should only show one).


> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:37 PM, James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org> wrote:
> >
> >> For a long time I have gotten two pictures of Tux showing up when I
> >> include the Tux display option in my custom kernel builds.  I don't
> >> know how many kernel revisions ago it was when I started noticing
> >> this.  It seems like it might have been early in the 2.6 series
> >> kernels.
> >>
> [...]
> >> # Frame buffer hardware drivers
> >> #
> >> CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
> >> CONFIG_FB_EFI=y
> >
> > Try disabling these two above options.
> 
> Well, that means that I don't get Tux at all.  The point is that only
> one copy should be displayed.

I thought you had KMS enabled?? That provides a fbdev emulation layer.