From: Petr Vandrovec <vandrove@vc.cvut.cz>
To: Trevor Hemsley <Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Matrox G400 Dualhead
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 10:39:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3AC8B94C.6ECE2429@vc.cvut.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010401000842Z129624-406+6183@vger.kernel.org>
Trevor Hemsley wrote:
> I get this as well on my G200. From observation it appears that the
> refresh rate is being doubled when you exit X and that's why the
> console appears blank. On my system I normally use
>
> modprobe matroxfb vesa=263 fv=85
>
> to give a large text console. On return from X, if I blindly type
>
> fbset "640x480-60"
>
> then I get a visible screen back but my monitor tells me that it's
> running at 640x480@119Hz. Same thing for 800x600-60 only this one says
> 120Hz.
Unfortunately Matrox datasheet says that it is impossible :-( Can you
try 'fbset -depth 0; fbset -depth 8' ?
Petr
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-04-02 17:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-03-31 11:01 Trevor Hemsley
2001-04-02 17:39 ` Petr Vandrovec [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-05-27 22:48 mythos
2001-05-28 3:13 ` Rafael Herrera
2001-05-28 8:43 ` mythos
2001-05-28 16:16 ` Rafael Herrera
2001-04-02 22:55 Trevor Hemsley
2001-04-01 20:22 mythos
2001-04-02 17:36 ` Petr Vandrovec
2001-03-31 17:46 J Brook
2001-03-31 0:12 J Brook
2001-03-31 1:59 ` Petr Vandrovec
2001-03-31 7:09 ` Rafael E. Herrera
2001-03-30 20:13 mythos
2001-03-30 20:45 ` Alan Olsen
2001-03-30 21:10 ` mythos
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