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 05:40:27 +0200 Message-ID: <42E06AAB.4030506@xlsigned.net> References: <6d86e88105072010252790b42d@mail.gmail.com> <42E06194.9030100@xlsigned.net> 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 1DvoOl-0005h5-Nx for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:40:31 -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 1DvoOl-0001Uc-DM for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:40:31 -0700 Received: from [84.59.141.93] (helo=[192.168.242.2]) by www20.your-server.de with esmtpa (Exim 4.50) id 1DvoOi-0000ni-9F for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 05:40:28 +0200 In-Reply-To: <42E06194.9030100@xlsigned.net> 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 Correction: 16 Bit is not the problem, but most of the the vesa-modes don't work... Assuming that the timings given in the table are OK, calculation of the "hardware values" (pixel clock, ...) must be wrong ... Buttchereit, Axel (XL) wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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