RE: 2.5.70 - Blank Screen with VESA VGA Framebuffer

No. Atyfb hasn't worked for me in 2.4.20. If I use video=atyfb, I get a
corrupted white screen which is beyond my capabilities to describe!! :)

The graphics chip is ATI RAGE Mobility M1(LT) AGP2X - a MACH64 Derivate
with 8Mb RAM..  For X, 3D acceleration (DRI, direct rendering) works
with a Mach64 branch of XFree86.
(http://dri.sourceforge.net/snapshots/bleeding-edge/mach64*-*)

-----Original Message-----
From: Geert Uytterhoeven [mailto:geert@linux-m68k.org] 
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 1:37 PM
To: Parag Warudkar
Cc: James Simmons; Linux Frame Buffer Device Development
Subject: RE: [Linux-fbdev-devel] 2.5.70 - Blank Screen with VESA VGA
Framebuffer

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Parag Warudkar wrote:

Thanx for your reply. I have attached my config file. I have tried all
possible configurations (desparation ;) but it hasn't worked so far. 
(Same problem sometimes white screen (atyfb) and sometimes blank
(vga=788)).
If you need more info or want me to try out something, please let me
know.

Does atyfb in 2.4.20 work for you? You may have the Mobility M1 that
doesn't
work (yet) with atyfb, but we're getting closer...

-----Original Message-----
From:   James Simmons [mailto:jsimmons@infradead.org]
Sent:   Fri 6/13/2003 00:27
To:     Parag Warudkar
Cc:     linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject:        Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] 2.5.70 - Blank Screen with

VESA

VGA Framebuffer

quoted

I have a Sony VAIO laptop with ATI Mobility M1 AGP chip. I can use
XFree86 on 2.4.x if I enable VESA VGA Frame buffer and enable

vga=788

on

quoted

kernel command line. With Kernel 2.5.70 after enabling VESA VGA
Framebuffer console and specifying vga= commandline, I just get a

blank

quoted

screen just after the boot process starts and X doesn't work.

(Garbled

quoted

screen). Without the vga= commandline, I get normal boot screen but

X

quoted

needs the vga= option and doesn't work.

I have tried everything but to no avail. Does anyone know what do I

need

quoted

to do in order to get kernel 2.5.X working with Framebuffer console
(VESA VGA or atyfb) and vga=788? I tried video=atyfb but that too
doesn't work..

What does your config file look like. Did you enable both Framebuffer
support and framebuffer console support?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 --
geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker.
But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something
like that.
							    -- Linus
Torvalds



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