Re: framebuffer console problems

Jim Nelson
2004-10-22T22:42:00Z

James Miller wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Jim Nelson wrote:
>
>
>>If you are using a 2.6 kernel (and maybe the 2.4), the kernel module for
>>the ATI Rage series of graphics systems is aty128fb, not atyfb. I've
>>had problems with vesafb myself, but with really old hardware (Trident
>>TGUI 9660 on an old Thinkpad).
>
>
> Thanks for your response, Jim. Not sure if you recall what sort of card I
> mentioned, but it's an older, onboard one with low memory. According to
> an infomrational page I found at
> www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/video+boot+arguments , I should be using the
> atyfb module (and they do list the aty128fb there for other ATI Rage
> models). So, do you still think I"m using the wrong module? I really
> don't know. I consider myself a total neophyte at this
>
>

Heh, my bad. In the kernel configuration, atyfb is listed as belonging
to the Mach64 family, and a quick peruse of
drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c listed the early Rage cards. Didn't
realize the Rage and Rage 128 were that different.