From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Buttchereit, Axel (XL)" Subject: Re: intelfb does not work with i915 Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 05:01:40 +0200 Message-ID: <42E06194.9030100@xlsigned.net> References: <6d86e88105072010252790b42d@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DvnnM-000455-6X for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:01:52 -0700 Received: from www20.your-server.de ([213.133.104.20] ident=mail) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.44) id 1DvnnK-0005nZ-M4 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:01:52 -0700 Received: from [84.59.141.93] (helo=[192.168.242.2]) by www20.your-server.de with esmtpa (Exim 4.50) id 1DvnnB-0006aP-A6 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 05:01:41 +0200 In-Reply-To: <6d86e88105072010252790b42d@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Hi, this weekend I'm going to switch the kernel version on the computer that I used to develop the patch from 2.6.10 (+ original patch) to 2.6.12(-gentoo-r4) and give (you) a feedback. ByTheWay: 16 Bits per Pixel does not work on my computer, too. Have you tried a 32 Bit mode, e. g. 1024x768-32@70? (This should be the default mode.) Cheers, Axel Dave Kavanagh wrote: > I have been having no luck getting the intelfb driver working > with an i915 chipset. I've been searching and reading message > boards and mail lists for days and haven't found anything. > It seems that the driver is not setting the proper video timings. > > I have tried using the vesafb driver and my hardware works fine. > > If I try to use the intelfb driver my monitor either complains > and shuts off or I get text and graphics that is horizontally > squiggly (if that makes sense). > > I tried initializing the driver in several modes with parameters > such as: > > video=intelfb > video=intelfb:640x480-16@60 > > > fbset -i reports the following: > > mode "1024x768-70" > # D: 75.002 MHz, H: 56.477 kHz, V: 70.071 Hz > geometry 1024 768 1024 768 32 > timings 13333 144 24 29 3 136 6 > accel true > rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,0/0 > endmode > > Frame buffer device information: > Name : Intel(R) 915G > Address : 0xd0000000 > Size : 8253440 > Type : PACKED PIXELS > Visual : TRUECOLOR > XPanStep : 8 > YPanStep : 1 > YWrapStep : 0 > LineLength : 4096 > MMIO Address: 0xcfd80000 > MMIO Size : 524288 > Accelerator : Unknown (42) > > > I am using kernel 2.6.12. Any help or ideas would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Dave Kavanagh > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Linux-fbdev-devel mailing list > Linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-fbdev-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click