From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Michlmayr Subject: Re: vga16fb: blank screen with Intel GM965/GL960 on HP 2510p notebook Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:58:18 +0100 Message-ID: <20080322165817.GD13703@deprecation.cyrius.com> References: <20080321163944.GA22068@deprecation.cyrius.com> <1206119016.26934.516.camel@koto.keithp.com> <20080322112548.GB3022@deprecation.cyrius.com> <1206204017.26934.554.camel@koto.keithp.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jd72d-0005Ed-Ue for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:58:01 -0700 Received: from sorrow.cyrius.com ([65.19.161.204]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1Jd72X-0004vq-OQ for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:57:54 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1206204017.26934.554.camel@koto.keithp.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Keith Packard Cc: Frans Pop , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net * Keith Packard [2008-03-22 09:40]: > > The BIOS is ROM F.0A 02/16/2008 and Video BIOS 1471 > That's newer than the one I have; one wonders if they broke something... Do you think you can try that version? > Can you use vesafb instead of vga16fb? That should be far more reliable. vesafb is built into the Debian kernel, so presumably that works. I've no idea why debian-installer loads vga16fb. Frans, any idea? -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/