From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@hotpop.com>
To: Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz>,
Petr Vandrovec <VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz>
Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Re: Framebuffer console not working with matroxfb on 2.6
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:07:57 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200409171907.57692.adaplas@hotpop.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040917085131.GQ18257@uvt316-2.ruk.cuni.cz>
On Friday 17 September 2004 16:51, Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek wrote:
> > It is not matroxfb's bug, it is how fbcon works in 2.6.x, it uses
> > only drivers which existed at a time fbcon was loaded... Usually
> > people find it by trial & error, or they ask...
> >
> > You can also grab
> > http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/linux/matrox-latest/matroxfb-2.6.9-rc2.g
> >z, with it you should be able to use modular matroxfb.
>
> It does not apply to my (2.6.8.1) kernel. But since it works when
> compiled into kernel I can wait until it appears in the kernel.org
> kernel or a new patch is available.
>
> However, I still get a minor problem with the driver.
> When I switch between the default 640x480-60 mode and 1024x768-85 mode
> the 1024x768 gets interlaced, with completely different timings. I have
> to use fbset to restore it to 1024x768-85.
>
This problem should be fixed in kernels >= 2.6.9-rc1.
Tony
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-17 11:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-16 12:04 Framebuffer console not working with matroxfb on 2.6 Petr Vandrovec
2004-09-17 8:51 ` Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek
2004-09-17 9:53 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-09-17 11:21 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-09-17 11:50 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-09-17 13:38 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2004-09-26 8:29 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2004-09-17 11:07 ` Antonino A. Daplas [this message]
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