Just a quick comment to explain why the aty_128 framebuffer needs to be built in. The r128 video driver has UseFBDev set to on for PowerPC (see the manual http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/en/man4/r128.4.html ). Thus without the framebuffer loaded the r128 video driver will boot to a terminal.
Just a quick comment to explain why the aty_128 framebuffer needs to be built in. The r128 video driver has UseFBDev set to on for PowerPC (see the manual http:// manpages. ubuntu. com/manpages/ precise/ en/man4/ r128.4. html ). Thus without the framebuffer loaded the r128 video driver will boot to a terminal.