Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270248AbTG2CN0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:13:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271224AbTG2CN0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:13:26 -0400 Received: from vana.vc.cvut.cz ([147.32.240.58]:34688 "EHLO vana.vc.cvut.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270248AbTG2CNY (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:13:24 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 04:13:21 +0200 From: Petr Vandrovec To: =?iso-8859-2?B?RnLpZOlyaWMgTC4gVy4=?= Meunier <0@pervalidus.tk> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: matroxfb and 2.6.0-test2 Message-ID: <20030729021321.GA1282@vana.vc.cvut.cz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1579 Lines: 44 On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 08:34:40PM -0300, Fr?d?ric L. W. Meunier wrote: > The card is a Matrox Millenium G400 M4A32DG (single head). > > 2.6.0-test2 is the first 2.5.x I try, so I may be missing > something. > > During make modules_install I noticed the following warning > (yes, I installed the latest module-init-tools): > > if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.6.0-test2; fi > WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.0-test2/kernel/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_crtc2.ko > needs unknown symbol matroxfb_enable_irq Yes, I'll fix that. Arpi pointed that out to me when I backported IRQ support to the 2.4.x. Just adding EXPORT_SYMBOL(matroxfb_enable_irq); at the end of drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c does the trick. > I don't know if it's serious but then I rebooted from 2.4.21. > > My init script contains > > if lspci | grep -q 'MGA G400'; then > modprobe matroxfb_base > fi > > and /etc/modprobe.conf options matroxfb_base vesa=440 > > After it the screen became corrupted with a dump of my last > shutdown. All commands still worked. I don't use fbset at all. > The logs don't have anything about matroxfb. Try building matroxfb into the kernel. I believe that current VT system does not take over console anymore if fbdev is loaded after fbcon, but I never tested it myself. Petr Vandrovec - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/