From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261552AbTLTVm3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:42:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261563AbTLTVm3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:42:29 -0500 Received: from modemcable178.89-70-69.mc.videotron.ca ([69.70.89.178]:60290 "EHLO montezuma.fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261552AbTLTVm1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:42:27 -0500 Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:41:37 -0500 (EST) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: Petr Vandrovec cc: Armin , Linux Kernel , unki@netshadow.at Subject: Re: FrameBuffer Problem With 2.6.0 In-Reply-To: <2CA1166592F@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> Message-ID: References: <2CA1166592F@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > On 18 Dec 03 at 23:29, Armin wrote: > > On Thursday 18 December 2003 00:35, Andreas Unterkircher wrote: > > > I had similar the same Problem... i fixed it when i also put the > > > > i have compile kernel with vga fonts , Still are not working ... > > And did you enable framebuffer console support in Device Drivers -> > Graphics Support -> Console display driver support -> Framebuffer Console > Support ? It looks to me like that you did not enabled this, and so you > get hardware in graphics mode (when fbdev loads), but no text there (as > there is no fbcon in your kernel). 2.6.x kernel has strange idea > that non-embedded users need fbdev without fbcon by default... > > I'm not aware about any problems with matroxfb driver in Linus kernel > except that you should use 'video=matroxfb:nopan' to avoid problems > with default resolution XXXx65536 (or clip vyres yourself to reasonable > value). Of course all 2.6.x fbdev limits apply also to matroxfb driver. > If you want interface compatible with 2.4.x, you'll have to get patch > from ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/matroxfb-2.6.0.gz > (only vgacon, matroxfb and vesafb are tested). I'm fielding a bug report from someone which is related to the EDID changes here; http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458 Do you think they may be related?