Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 19:34:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 19:34:36 -0400 Received: from apollo.wizard.ca ([204.244.205.22]:26118 "HELO apollo.wizard.ca") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 19:34:23 -0400 Subject: Framebuffer detection problems, 2.4.9 From: Michael Peddemors To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.13 (Preview Release) Date: 09 Oct 2001 16:38:15 -0700 Message-Id: <1002670696.4112.285.camel@mistress> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I seldom dive into the graphical end of things myself, but this one has had me stumped for the last week and a half.. I have a working ThinClient setup, that loads it's kernel via tftpd and mknbi, with the 'vga=ask' option.. On one machine, with a Cirrus Logic card, (Cirrus Framebuffer support compiled in) things work fine, but on all my other boxes with VESA complaint cards, I cannot get it to use the VESA framebuffer, or seemingly to detect the VESA devices with this kernel, although we can on detect and pass modes using LILO on similar kernels. I have of course read as many how-to's as possible, and the svga.txt file seems to indicate that if I use the vga=ask option, and then run scan it should show all VESA modes as well, (It does detect it as a VESA VGA card), but the /fb/vesafb.txt seems to indicate that it won't show the modes.. I see that in video.S CONFIG_VIDEO_VESA is harddefined, but I cannot quite understand why I cannot enter a VESA mode that works.. I tried 313, 0313, and the decimal equivs 787 and 0787 but it keeps returning that as an invalid mode.. This occurs on several machines, all with recent video cards, that are VESA compliant, and listed as compatible.. the motherboards all use recent BIOS's but still no joy.. I will accept help here, or can someone point me to a good mailing list to work this out? -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..." -------------------------------------------------------- Michael Peddemors - Senior Consultant LinuxAdministration - Internet Services NetworkServices - Programming - Security Wizard IT Services http://www.wizard.ca Linux Support Specialist - http://www.linuxmagic.com -------------------------------------------------------- (604)589-0037 Beautiful British Columbia, Canada - 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/