http://www.osnews.com/story/19632/PreUpgrade_Kernel_Modesetting_in_Fedora_9 Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2012, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:11:39 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://www.osnews.com/thread?309756 http://www.osnews.com/thread?309756 Hi,

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http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/04/15/interview-fedora-developer... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Rahul) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?309758 http://www.osnews.com/thread?309758 Kernel mode setting is just what i have been thinking about for a long time now. Just getting to the login manager on you basic linux desktop is a adventure as it is right now. Flickering, switching graphic modes and whatnot. That is ugly if you ask me. Seamless is what i want.
Also there is apparently much to gain from this new technology;
http://kerneltrap.org/node/8242 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ple_mono) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?309953 http://www.osnews.com/thread?309953 I just tried the kernel mode statement in Fedora 9 beta and the kernel didn't seem to recognize it. I have the latest rawhide kernel update. Anyone get this to work in Fedora 9 beta yet?

I tried 'i915.modeset=1' as boot option but the kernel complains it is not recognized as a boot option. Hmm.Edited 2008-04-16 20:04 UTC Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (buff) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?310064 http://www.osnews.com/thread?310064 (Stupid question 101), but, are you using supported hardware (i915/945 GPU)?

- GilboaEdited 2008-04-17 13:22 UTC Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gilboa) Comments