From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miernik Subject: vesafb on Savage4 Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:43:36 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Brwlj-0008QC-MU for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 03 Aug 2004 03:43:43 -0700 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Brwlj-0007Ll-1M for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 03 Aug 2004 03:43:43 -0700 Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Brwlf-0006dw-00 for ; Tue, 03 Aug 2004 12:43:39 +0200 Received: from citynet-gw.man.poznan.pl ([212.126.28.121]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 03 Aug 2004 12:43:39 +0200 Received: from miernik by citynet-gw.man.poznan.pl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 03 Aug 2004 12:43:39 +0200 Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net I have got a video card which identifies itself (before BIOS boots) as S3 86C395/396/397. My lspci -vv output is: 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Savage 4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: S3 Inc. 86C394-397 Savage4 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- The kernel is installed from a binary: http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.7-i386/kernel-image-2.6.7-1-k7_2.6.7-2_i386.deb When the system is booted, in /var/log/kern.log there is: Aug 3 13:52:19 localhost kernel: vesafb: probe of vesafb0 failed with error -6 przehyba:~# modprobe vesafb przehyba:~# lsmod | grep vesafb vesafb 6688 0 cfbcopyarea 3776 1 vesafb cfbimgblt 3072 1 vesafb cfbfillrect 3712 1 vesafb przehyba:~# cat /proc/fb przehyba:~# fbset open /dev/fb0: No such device przehyba:~# ls -l /dev/fb0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 29, 0 Aug 2 23:45 /dev/fb0 przehyba:~# >From these posts I can see that vesafb does work on Savage cards: http://www.directfb.org/mailinglists/directfb-dev/2003/06-2003/msg00007.html http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0011.0/0263.html If I try savagefb, I get the same error that is decribed here: http://www.directfb.org/mailinglists/directfb-dev/2003/09-2003/msg00044.html How can I get any framebuffer working on this card? -- Miernik ________________________ xmpp:miernik@amessage.info ___________________/__ tel: +48888299997 __/ mailto:miernik@ctnet.pl http://www.miernik.ctnet.pl/ GPG:0xABC292D1 ------------------------------------------------------- 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