From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <199812172146.WAA00356@piglet.cpu.lu> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 22:46:30 +0100 (CET) From: Michel Lanners Reply-To: mlan@cpu.lu Subject: Re: matroxfb, anybody? To: O.Waller@ee.qub.ac.uk cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On 15 Dec, this message from Owen Waller echoed through cyberspace: > On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, Michel Lanners wrote: > >> Anybody successfull in running matroxfb with recent vger kernels? > > I've got it running on version 2.1.127 - I haven't tried on anything more > recent. What kernel version are you running. 2.1.130. What I hate most is it doesn't complete the PCI scan routine.... maybe a simple bug very early in the init code? .... >> aborts (slightly older matroxfb.c (1.6c)) or hangs the system (most >> recent matroxfb.c (1.8)). > > Pass, have you asked Petr (Petr Vandrovec ) about > this. I've been testing Petr's driver on a Mystique and haven't seen > anything like this. Not yet... >> I've also tried to compile-in matroxfb without controlfb, but that >> failed because offb.c wasn't in (undefined ref to console_getmode et > > Generally I've compiled in matroxfb, controlfb and offb into the kernel > which compile and run without any problems. I haven't tried leaving > controlfb out. This is exactly what I need... I'd like to use matrox alongside control (have my TV on a second monitor ;-) Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 9, Montee St. Crepin | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1365 Luxembourg | email mlan@cpu.lu | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. " [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. To unsubscribe from linuxppc-dev, send ]] [[ the message 'unsubscribe' to linuxppc-dev-request@lists.linuxppc.org ]]