From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: Re: vesafb on Savage4 Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 05:26:19 +0800 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <200408040524.21663.adaplas@hotpop.com> References: <200408032022.51173.adaplas@hotpop.com> Reply-To: adaplas@pol.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Bs6og-0002nh-O6 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 03 Aug 2004 14:27:26 -0700 Received: from smtp-out.hotpop.com ([38.113.3.71]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bs6og-0000FH-Cq for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 03 Aug 2004 14:27:26 -0700 Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by smtp-out.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 012CE104632A for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2004 21:02:37 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline 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: Miernik , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Tuesday 03 August 2004 20:53, Miernik wrote: > Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > On Tuesday 03 August 2004 18:43, Miernik wrote: > >> Aug 3 13:52:19 localhost kernel: vesafb: probe of vesafb0 failed with > >> error -6 > > > > The error is -ENXIO and in vesafb it means that your graphics card > > failed to go to graphics mode. > > > > Can you post your dmesg and kernel config? > > http://www.miernik.ctnet.pl/problems/savage4-fb/ > > It finally worked, when I added > vga=0x314 video=vesa:mtrr,ywrap > to my kernel parameters. > > With only vga=8 as a kernel parameters, and then trying > modprobe vesafb > fbset > it didn't want to work, should it? No, the stock kernel vesafb cannot be compiled as a module, nor can you use fbset, unless the distribution patched the kernel with a modified vesafb (ie, vesafb-tng). Tony ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com