From: rwhron@earthlink.net
To: vandrove@vc.cvut.cz
Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test2 does not boot with matroxfb
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 19:14:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030814231409.GA745@rushmore> (raw)
> > > On 11 Aug 03 at 20:01, Jocelyn Mayer wrote:
> > > > So, there seems to be two issues:
> > > > - broken matrox fb: I lose the synchro when switching from X to fb.
> > > > fbset configuration is lost when switching consoles.
> > > On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 20:29, Petr Vandrovec wrote:
> > > It is feature, not a bug. fbset does not work on 2.6.x kernels
> > > anymore. Apply
> > > ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/matroxfb-2.6.0-t3-c1149.gz
> > > if you prefer 2.4.x behavior.
Thanks for updating the matroxfb 2.6 patch.
> On 11 Aug 03 at 21:00, Jocelyn Mayer wrote:
> > In fact, it works untill I switch to another console...
> > Did it become impossible (would be a severe bug, at least for me...) ?
Petr's patch is mandatory to get mga400 to do all this at the same time:
o multiple fast high res (240x90 char) virtual text consoles.
o graphics in console with "links -g"
o X11
I use matroxfb this way every day.
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2003-08-14 23:14 rwhron [this message]
2003-08-15 22:36 ` Re: 2.6.0-test2 does not boot with matroxfb James Simmons
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