3dfx framebuffer driver borked in 2.5.19 kernel

3dfx framebuffer driver borked in 2.5.19 kernel

[Andrew Pam]

The tdfxfb.c framebuffer driver works perfectly for me (apart from the
known problem with the wrong palette for the boot penguin in 16/32bps
colour depth since around kernel 2.4.6) in every kernel version up to and
including 2.5.18.  With the port to the new fbdev interface in kernel
2.5.19 the system now only displays a few unchanging coloured pixels
on the first line of the screen.  The rest of the screen remains black
until X11 starts.  I am using append="video=tdfx:1024x768" in LILO.

Regards,
	Andrew Pam
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Re: 3dfx framebuffer driver borked in 2.5.19 kernel

[James Simmons]

> With the port to the new fbdev interface in kernel
> 2.5.19 the system now only displays a few unchanging coloured pixels
> on the first line of the screen.  The rest of the screen remains black
> until X11 starts.  I am using append="video=tdfx:1024x768" in LILO.

I'm tracking down the bug you are experiencing. Almost done. 

Re: 3dfx framebuffer driver borked in 2.5.19 kernel

[idalton]

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On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 11:40:14AM -0700, James Simmons wrote:
> 
> > With the port to the new fbdev interface in kernel
> > 2.5.19 the system now only displays a few unchanging coloured pixels
> > on the first line of the screen.  The rest of the screen remains black
> > until X11 starts.  I am using append="video=tdfx:1024x768" in LILO.
> 
> I'm tracking down the bug you are experiencing. Almost done. 

Does the new interface handle multihead any better? I have a dual tdfx
system..

Am interested in testing patches. Head up?

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