Re: Framebuffer with nVidia GeForce 2 Go on Dell Inspiron 8200

[Giuseppe Bilotta <bilotta78@hotpop.com>]

James Simmons wrote:
> 
> > > I tried vga=ask, and no VESA modes are detected.
> > 
> > Ok, I'm stupid. I tried vga=ask, told him to scan, still got no VESA 
> > modes in the list, but thenand tried 318; it gave me 1024x768 (so did 
> > 718 too, any reason why?). Can't get to 1600x1200, though (or at 
> > least I don't know how.)
> 
> For some reason it never list the VESA modes with vga=ask. I just go by 
> the does in Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt to set my mode. Let me look...
> 
> I need to add more info to the docs on what modes are supported. 
> 	1600x1200		
> 	---------
> 256	0x119	  0x145	
> 32K	0x11D	  0x146
> 64K	0x11E
> 16M		  0x14E
> 
> For lilo translate them to decimal number. I'm curious if the 14X numbers 
> work.

I guess I would have to input 31e or 34e at the vga=ask prompt, 
right? Well, I never managed to get a code with letters to work :( I 
will try again ...

> > Now that I can work with the VESA driver, I'm feeling much better, 
> > but if I load the rivafb driver I *still* get the problem (I cannot 
> > touch it, not even with fbset -i). Using 2.6.4;
> > 
> > Just for reference, these are the logs from vesafb, rivafb and lspci:
> 
> > >From rivafb:
> > ===
> > rivafb: nVidia device/chipset 10DE0112
> > rivafb: On a laptop.  Assuming Digital Flat Panel
> > rivafb: Detected CRTC controller 1 being used
> > rivafb: RIVA MTRR set to ON
> > rivafb: PCI nVidia NV10 framebuffer ver 0.9.5b (nVidiaGeForce2-G, 
> > 32MB @ 0xE0000000) 
> > ===
> > 
> > In this case, fbset -i returns (well, doesn't because the screen goes 
> > black, but the computer is still fully functional):
> 
> That a bug I have to work. I have a newer driver but I need to run more 
> test.

If you want, I can try and test it on my computer too (if you can 
guarantee it doesn't format my hard drive and give my syphilis ;))

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