Re: Re: vesafb on Savage4

On Tuesday 03 August 2004 20:53, Miernik wrote:

Antonino A. Daplas [off-list ref] wrote:

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On Tuesday 03 August 2004 18:43, Miernik wrote:

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Aug  3 13:52:19 localhost kernel: vesafb: probe of vesafb0 failed with
error -6

The error is -ENXIO and in vesafb it means that your graphics card
failed to go to graphics mode.

Can you post your dmesg and kernel config?

http://www.miernik.ctnet.pl/problems/savage4-fb/

It finally worked, when I added
vga=0x314 video=vesa:mtrr,ywrap
to my kernel parameters.

With only vga=8 as a kernel parameters, and then trying
modprobe vesafb
fbset
it didn't want to work, should it?

No, the stock kernel vesafb cannot be compiled as a module, nor can you use 
fbset, unless the distribution patched the kernel with a modified vesafb (ie, 
vesafb-tng).

Tony




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