Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271970AbTG2TlZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:41:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271997AbTG2TlZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:41:25 -0400 Received: from inova102.correio.tnext.com.br ([200.222.67.102]:6581 "HELO trinity-auth.correio.tnext.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S271970AbTG2TlX convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:41:23 -0400 X-Analyze: Velop Mail Shield v0.0.3 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:41:20 -0300 (BRT) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fr=E9d=E9ric_L=2E_W=2E_Meunier?= <0@pervalidus.tk> X-X-Sender: fredlwm@pervalidus.dyndns.org To: Petr Vandrovec cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: matroxfb and 2.6.0-test2 In-Reply-To: <89B48AF68E2@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> Message-ID: References: <89B48AF68E2@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2027 Lines: 46 On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > On 29 Jul 03 at 2:14, Fr?d?ric L. W. Meunier wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 08:34:40PM -0300, Fr?d?ric L. W. Meunier wrote: > > > > Thanks. It worked (and I don't see any screen corruption). > > > > Maybe I'm missing something, but is there anything wrong with > > video=matroxfb:vesa:0x1B5 ? I got > > I have no idea... > > > Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=3 root=307 acpi=off noapic video=matroxfb:vesa:0x1B5 > > Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 > > matroxfb: Matrox G400 (AGP) detected > > matroxfb: MTRR's turned on > > matroxfb: 800x600x24bpp (virtual: 800x65536) > > matroxfb: framebuffer at 0xD8000000, mapped to 0xe0805000, size 33554432 > > fb0: MATROX frame buffer device > > fb0: initializing hardware > > matroxfb: cannot set xres to 800, rounded up to 832 > > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37 > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 < p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 p10 > > > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37 > > ... but it looks strange to me that you have two 'switching to...' lines. I don't have two with your patch. > Unless it gets proven that it is bug in kernel's matroxfb and not > in generic fbcon (== if you'll send me a patch, I'll apply it; but do > not expect that I'll hunt down bugs which do not occur with matroxfb-2.5.72 > addon), I recommend you applying > ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/matroxfb-2.5.72.gz. > It reinstates back fbcon layer I understand & trust... 2 other problems went away with your patch. When I reported no screen corruption I was wrong since it messed everything returning from XFree86, including getting a dump of a Windows reboot. The other is the boot logo, which now appears. - 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/