From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: hollis@austin.ibm.com Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:39:44 -0600 To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Conflicts between network and Matrox G450 Message-ID: <20020122183944.GK510@austin.ibm.com> References: <20020122152500.GF510@austin.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20020122152500.GF510@austin.ibm.com> Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Sorry, the patch was too large to post and is located for the moment at http://penguinppc.org/~hollis/matroxfb-20020108.diff -Hollis On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 09:25:00AM -0600, hollis@austin.ibm.com wrote: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 03:02:34PM +0100, Jan Smith wrote: > > > > I have a IBM pSeries 610 where I try to install a Matrox G450 card > > aka GXT130P in IBM language. > > The GXT130P is actually a G400. The G450 is the GXT135P. > > > The machine is working fine with a RedHat Linux run via a terminal > > but when you are using the graphics card will the network interface > > not start at all. > > Have you compared the boot logs from a working boot and a failed boot? > > > Any one who have used a Matrox G450 with ppclinux? > > I think the G400 is supposed to work with matroxfb on PPC (though I've never > tested nor heard reports one way or the other). If you really do have a G450, > that's problematic. With the attached patch (submitted to Marcelo recently; I > don't know if it was applied), I experienced success exactly once. OTOH, Olaf > said it worked for him every time. Your mileage may vary. Please provide > feedback to the matroxfb maintainer (Petr Vandrovec ) if > it works or not. > > -Hollis ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/