Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262181AbTIHKaK (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 06:30:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262204AbTIHKaK (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 06:30:10 -0400 Received: from mailgw.cvut.cz ([147.32.3.235]:62337 "EHLO mailgw.cvut.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262181AbTIHKaG (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 06:30:06 -0400 From: "Petr Vandrovec" Organization: CC CTU Prague To: Dave Jones Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 12:29:49 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: hi-res fb console with 2.6.0-testX ? Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cheapisp@sensewave.com X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.50 Message-ID: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1668 Lines: 35 On 7 Sep 03 at 22:58, Dave Jones wrote: > On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 09:51:51PM +0200, cheapisp@sensewave.com wrote: > > The kernel command lines which work with vesafb and matroxfb in 2.4 do not > > work for me in 2.6.0-testX. > > > > kernel (hd0,0)/bz-2.6.0-t4mm3 root=/dev/hdc2 video=matrox:vesa:0x11A > > kernel (hd0,0)/bz-2.6.0-t4mm3 root=/dev/hdc2 vga=794 > > vga= seems to have changed semantics. (Which is a polite way of saying > "has regressed" IMO), this has been reported several times before, but > it doesn't seem to be too high on peoples 'must fix' list. > > > Doing fbset "vesa11A" causes the monitor to lose the sync. > > last I looked, fbset needed updates for the changes in 2.6 video= changed sematic too. Now you have to do video=matroxfb:...., not video=matrox:.... And /dev/fb* changed semantic too, so forget about using fbset on your box. And whole fb subsystem changed semantic, so do not build both vesafb & matroxfb into the kernel - either one or another, or you'll be definitely surprised what will happen (and I'm almost sure that blank screen is not what you want). Best regards, 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/