From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261677AbUKXCeZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:34:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261693AbUKXCeZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:34:25 -0500 Received: from 65-75.sh.cgocable.ca ([205.151.65.75]:60394 "EHLO mail.pixel.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261677AbUKXCeX (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:34:23 -0500 From: "Mario Gaucher" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: framebuffer problem on a PowerMac 7300 Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:34:20 -0500 Message-Id: <20041124021824.M80598@zadig.ca> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.41 20040926 X-OriginatingIP: 192.168.25.10 (zadig) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I have a PowerMac 7300 kernel 2.6.8 works fine on this computer kernel 2.6.9 does not work I have the same problem that John Mock has with his PowerMac 8500... framebuffer does not work with 2.6.9 (everything is black with a few thin diagonal lines of dots and dashes)... this is with the onboard video (controlfb driver). With a Matrox Millenium PCI card (matroxfb driver), I get something on the screen but except for the little Tux in the corner, all characters on the screen are corrupted... it works fine with 2.6.8 kernel with both drivers I tried with 2.6.10-rc2-bk8 (that I got on kernel.org) and I have the same problem... Because frame buffer does not work, I can not boot this computer... it does not respond to ping when I have this problem... I did not try any pre-2.6.9 kernel, so I do not know where it stops to work. I am not a programmer, so I can not offer any code to fix this problem... but if can test some kernel patches to get this problem fixed, I will be happy to do it. sorry, I did not reply to the original message sent by John Mock, because I was not subscribed to this mailing list when he sent his message... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Excuse my bad english :-)