From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 08:52:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 08:52:17 -0400 Received: from zikova.cvut.cz ([147.32.235.100]:64530 "EHLO zikova.cvut.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 08:51:58 -0400 From: "Petr Vandrovec" Organization: CC CTU Prague To: Benjamin Gilbert Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 14:51:44 MET-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: matroxfb problems with dualhead G400 CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.40 Message-ID: <26751224E05@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 3 Sep 01 at 0:25, Benjamin Gilbert wrote: > I've been trying to set up dualhead text console with matroxfb and a > 16MB G400, with mixed success. What I think I'm seeing is that the > scrollback from the primary head, when it gets long enough (i.e., cat > /boot/System.map), intrudes on the secondary head. If the secondary > head is set to the same resolution and bit depth as the primary, I > Kernel is vanilla 2.4.9. Let me know what other information you need > from me. You must boot your kernel with 'video=scrollback:0'. Otherwise your kernel die sooner or later... JJ's scrollback code does not cope with more than one visible console, so you must disable it if you have more than one display in the box. Best regards, Petr Vandrovec vandrove@vc.cvut.cz