From: "Petr Vandrovec" <VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz>
To: J Brook <jbk@postmark.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Matrox G450 problems with 2.4.0 and xfree
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:54:37 MET-1 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <142905C63D47@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> (raw)
On 31 Jan 01 at 17:41, J Brook wrote:
>
> I don't have Windows installed on my machine, but I find that if I
> cold boot to 2.2 (RH7) first and start up X (4.0.2 with Matrox driver
> 1.00.04 compiled in), I am then able to "shutdown -r now" and warm
Yes, they use same secret code... At least I think...
> restart to 2.4 with FB acceleration enabled. This generally works
> fine for me.
>
> This isn't generally too much of a problem because 2.4.x is so
> stable
> I don't have to reboot for weeks!
You can reboot any number of times you want. Just do not unplug
powercord from computer...
> I'm willing to try out some patches if that would be useful.
Problem is that I really do not have any idea what's wrong - as
after any change I do to driver, I cannot know for sure whether
after boot it works because of I worked around some problem, or
because of hardware powered up in `correct' state...
Best regards,
Petr Vandrovec
vandrove@vc.cvut.cz
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2001-01-31 17:54 Petr Vandrovec [this message]
2001-02-06 18:16 ` Matrox G450 problems with 2.4.0 and xfree Mike A. Harris
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2001-02-06 19:21 Petr Vandrovec
2001-01-31 17:41 J Brook
2001-01-31 12:17 Petr Vandrovec
2001-01-31 0:30 Petr Vandrovec
2001-01-30 21:43 Marcel J.E. Mol
2001-01-30 21:53 ` tc lewis
2001-01-30 23:06 ` Marcel J.E. Mol
2001-01-31 8:44 ` David Woodhouse
2001-01-31 8:50 ` Marcel J.E. Mol
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