From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Knut Petersen Subject: Re: Re: [directfb-users] Framebuffer woes... Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:26:16 +0200 Message-ID: <4355E708.1000702@t-online.de> References: <1129687824.25556.32.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4355D310.1060203@gmail.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1ES7Km-0000oa-19 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:21:56 -0700 Received: from mailout06.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.19]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1ES7Kj-0005Hn-LA for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:21:56 -0700 In-Reply-To: <4355D310.1060203@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="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: "Nathanael D. Noblet" , directfb-users@directfb.org Hi Nathanael, >>I have a VIA EPIA board. It has a built in Trident graphics adapter. Th= e >>problem I'm having is that when I try to get it to run, the lcd OSD >>throws up an error message about 'Out Of Range', sometimes blanking the >>screen, sometimes not. >> >> =20 >> What kind of Epia? I suppose Epia 800 or Epia 5000. If that=B4s the case,= =20 disable tridentfb and enable the cyblafb driver included in the 2.6.14-rc kernels= . >>mode "1024x768-76" >> # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz >> geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16 >> timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4 >> rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0 >>endmode >> >> =20 >> Add video=3Dcyblafb:1024x768,bpp=3D16,ref=3D76 to the kernel command line. If that does not help immediately, use video=3Dcyblafb:1024x768,bpp=3D16,ref=3D76,verbosity=3D2 vga=3D0x3= 17 and send complete dmesg output after booting as well as lspci -vv output. There will be a lot of debugging output, be sure to use a big enough buffer size for kernel messages. >>All of those (regardless of depth (8,16,24) all produce 'out of range' >>problems. >> >> =20 >> tridentfb timing calcualtion was broken in 2.4 kernels and is broken for=20 2.6 kernels, at least for the cyberblade/i1. cu, Knut ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl