From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:56:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:56:16 -0500 Received: from zikova.cvut.cz ([147.32.235.100]:19215 "EHLO zikova.cvut.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:56:00 -0500 From: "Petr Vandrovec" Organization: CC CTU Prague To: J Brook Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:54:37 MET-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Matrox G450 problems with 2.4.0 and xfree CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.40 Message-ID: <142905C63D47@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/