2.6.0-test2 does not boot with matroxfb
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Quoted 10 lines · Jocelyn Mayer
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So, there seems to be two issues:
- broken matrox fb: I lose the synchro when switching from X to fb. fbset configuration is lost when switching consoles.On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 20:29, Petr Vandrovec wrote:
It is feature, not a bug. fbset does not work on 2.6.x kernels anymore. Apply ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/matroxfb-2.6.0-t3-c1149.gz if you prefer 2.4.x behavior.
Thanks for updating the matroxfb 2.6 patch.
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In fact, it works untill I switch to another console...
Did it become impossible (would be a severe bug, at least for me...) ?
Petr's patch is mandatory to get mga400 to do all this at the same time:
o multiple fast high res (240x90 char) virtual text consoles.
o graphics in console with "links -g"
o X11
I use matroxfb this way every day.
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Petr's patch is mandatory to get mga400 to do all this at the same time:
o multiple fast high res (240x90 char) virtual text consoles.
At present only fbdev is mapped to the console and the rest have to mapped by con2fb. That should work. I really didn't want to push forcing all the framebuffers to a console because it is a very common setup to have one framebuffer used for graphics developement and the other for a console. We used that alot at my job at Transvirtual. I still use this setup from time to time.
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o graphics in console with "links -g"
Links ??? the web browser. I tried that option and it complained.
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o X11
Ug. I haven't figured that one out yet. I need to make fbcon fully restore the hardware state for each card.
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