From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10766] New: ceased to work framebuffer with videocard NVIDIA GeForce MX 440 Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 19:05:25 -0700 Message-ID: <20080521190525.eb2a9a9b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: 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 1Jz0BV-0000oZ-JA for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 21 May 2008 19:05:37 -0700 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1Jz0BS-0005X2-57 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 21 May 2008 19:05:37 -0700 In-Reply-To: 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: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: ashirapov.denis@mail.ru, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla web interface). On Tue, 20 May 2008 22:55:43 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10766 > > Summary: ceased to work framebuffer with videocard NVIDIA GeForce > MX 440 > Product: Drivers > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: 2.6.25 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: Console/Framebuffers > AssignedTo: jsimmons@infradead.org > ReportedBy: ashirapov.denis@mail.ru > > > Latest working kernel version:2.6.25.4 > Earliest failing kernel version:2.6.25 and up > Distribution: Slackware GNU/Linux 12.0 > Hardware Environment: > Processors: AMD Athlon XP 1800(Thunderbird) > Video card: Nvidia GeForce MX 440 agp 8x > Mother board: Biostar M7NCD (nForce2) > Software Environment: > Problem Description: > In kernels >= 2.6.25 loading kernel with append patameters in boot > loaders(grub) as "vga=317" etc. can't enable requred video mode. > > Steps to reproduce: > Compile ketnel 2.6.25 with config: > http://slackware.perespim.ru/pub/slackware-current/kernels/huge.s/config > Can anyone think of anything we might have done between 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 to break the nvidia driver's boot-command-line handling? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/