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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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             reply	other threads:[~2001-01-31 16:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
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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