From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261838AbTJIAQv (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2003 20:16:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261850AbTJIAQv (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2003 20:16:51 -0400 Received: from vana.vc.cvut.cz ([147.32.240.58]:63889 "EHLO vana.vc.cvut.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261838AbTJIAQr (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2003 20:16:47 -0400 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 02:16:35 +0200 From: Petr Vandrovec To: Jai Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: matroxfb problem Message-ID: <20031009001635.GA24323@vana.vc.cvut.cz> References: <007701c38df5$7639a8a0$1400a8c0@lan.sky.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <007701c38df5$7639a8a0$1400a8c0@lan.sky.net.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 09:39:48AM +1000, Jai wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm running kernel-2.4.20, I have enabled frame buffer support for matrox > G550 in the kernel, but get these messages on boot: > > matroxset: Matrox G550 detected > matroxset: MTRR's turned on > matroxfb: cannot set required perameters > > and of course /dev/fb0 and fb1 are not available. > > I have also tried it with kernel-2.4.22, I believe I have seen this working > before but I can't seem remember what it is i havn't done. > Has anyone got any light to shed on this. > > Thanks for your time. Please CC me with any replies. Your .config ? I'd say that you disabled support for some color depth, yet you asked for this depth with 'video=XXX' parameter. Petr