--- linux-2.6.5/drivers/video/fbmem.c	2004-04-30 15:02:10.000000000 +0200
+++ patch/drivers/video/fbmem.c	2004-04-30 15:09:03.560390512 +0200
@@ -1470,6 +1470,18 @@
 	 * If we get here no fb was specified.
 	 * We consider the argument to be a global video mode option.
 	 */
+
+	if (strchr(options, ':') != NULL) {
+		/*
+		 * If a colon is in the string, then the user entered
+		 * the wrong name for the fb device.  We'll inform them
+		 * of this.
+		 */
+		int fbnamelen = strchr(options, ':') - options;
+		options[fbnamelen] = '\0';
+		printk ("Requested framebuffer device '%s' not found\n", options);
+		options[fbnamelen] = ':';
+	}
 	global_mode_option = options;
 	return 0;
 }
--- linux-2.6.5/drivers/video/aty/radeon_monitor.c	2004-04-30 15:02:10.000000000 +0200
+++ patch/drivers/video/aty/radeon_monitor.c	2004-04-30 15:09:03.559390664 +0200
@@ -854,12 +854,15 @@
 	 */
 	if (!has_default_mode || mode_option) {
 		struct fb_videomode default_mode;
+		unsigned int default_bpp = 8;
 		if (has_default_mode)
 			radeon_var_to_videomode(&default_mode, &rinfo->info->var);
-		else
+		else {
 			radeon_var_to_videomode(&default_mode, &radeonfb_default_var);
+ 			default_bpp = radeonfb_default_var.bits_per_pixel;
+		}
 		if (fb_find_mode(&rinfo->info->var, rinfo->info, mode_option,
-				 rinfo->mon1_modedb, rinfo->mon1_dbsize, &default_mode, 8) == 0)
+				 rinfo->mon1_modedb, rinfo->mon1_dbsize, &default_mode, default_bpp) == 0)
 			rinfo->info->var = radeonfb_default_var;
 	}