lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2004]   [Jan]   [29]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [2.6.1] fbdev console: can't load vga=791 and yes vga=ask!
On 27/01/2004 at 23:37, James Simmons wrote:

> > In 2.6.1 I could use framebuffer through vesafb just with that parameter
> > (vga=795, ie. 1280x10224 16M).
>
> This is very strange.

Well, back home again and I've been able to do some tests.

vesafb boots fine with 2.6.2-rc2, just I have to specify the parameter
suggested by Zack Winkles : "vga=0795 video=vesafb:ywrap,pmipal,mtrr"

> Give it a try. If you have problems use my patch at
>
> http://phoenix.infradead.org/~jsimmons/fbdev.diff.gz
>
> > Althoug, I would prefer to use radeonfb instead of vesafb (radeonfb
> > turns off my monitor and vesafb does not).
> >
> > Anyone with a Radeon 9200 does use radeonfb ? If yes, any special boot
> > parameter?
>
> Try my newest patch. It has a updated radeon driver.

I tried the patch you mention here:

http://phoenix.infradead.org/~jsimmons/fbdev.diff.gz

against 2.6.1 (it does not apply to 2.6.2-rc2) and it does not work for
me. I can only use 640x480. Any other resolution I try results in an
usupported frequency for my monitor.

My graphics card is:

# lspci -s 01:00.1 -v
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5d44 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Unknown device 18bc:0171
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at e5010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

Please let me know if I can try anything else. I'll be very glad to test
it (so I can use radeonfb, because as I said, I prefer it over vesafb).

TIA.

--
Kiko
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 14:00    [W:0.086 / U:0.044 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site