[2.5.68] no console messages after switch to FB (matrox
Quoted 11 lines · Vagn Scott
config is below
Sun Apr 20 18:20:24 EDT 2003
2.5.68 ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/mga-2.5.68.gz (please CC: me, as I'm not on the list)
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1. While booting things look normal
until the lovely little Tux logo appears,
then no more console messages are written to the screen. The box still boots, however.
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Turned off logo, same thing: as soon as it switches to the FB no more boot messages appear.
Some special boot time options?
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CONFIG_FB=yCONFIG_FB_VESA=yCONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=yCONFIG_FB_MATROX=y
Are you sure that your boot messages are directed to the matroxfb and not to the vesa?
In the past keyword for selecting matroxfb options was 'video=matrox:...', while now it is 'video=matroxfb:...', so you may have to modify your lilo.conf line (and do not ask me why these two letters were added if we have video= prefix... I do not know).
Best regards,
Petr Vandrovec [email protected]
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CONFIG_FB=yCONFIG_FB_VESA=yCONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=yCONFIG_FB_MATROX=y
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Are you sure that your boot messages are directed to the matroxfb and not to the vesa?
In the past keyword for selecting matroxfb options was 'video=matrox:...', while now it is 'video=matroxfb:...', so you may have to modify your lilo.conf line (and do not ask me why these two letters were added if we have video= prefix... I do not know).
Adding video=matroxfb did the trick. Thanks for the tip.
I still don't understand the logic of it, though. If the kernel can find the resources to present the logo, why can't it just keep using those resources for the rest of the boot?
char *foo = find_a_home_for_tux();
if(foo) {
logo_logo_logo(foo);
keep_on_booting_baby(foo);
}
else {
boot_or_die_trying("blinkenlights_n_beeperen");
}what's next, rootname=/?
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