Re: [patch] Re: GeForce 4 MX have no working frame buffer at all..
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From: Ploum Ploum <hidden>
Date: 2004-08-21 17:42:36
Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
On Saturday 21 August 2004 19:14, Francois Romieu wrote:quoted
Ploum Ploum [off-list ref] : [...]quoted
Here's the lspci -vvvv output for the card : 0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA])Try patch below. If it does not work, please send a complete dmesg and lspci -vx. diff -puN drivers/video/riva/fbdev.c~rivafb-missing-id drivers/video/riva/fbdev.c --- linux-2.6.8.1/drivers/video/riva/fbdev.c~rivafb-missing-id 2004-08-21 13:05:41.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.8.1-romieu/drivers/video/riva/fbdev.c 2004-08-21 13:07:31.000000000 +0200 @@ -1836,6 +1836,7 @@ static u32 riva_get_arch(struct pci_dev case 0x0110: /* GeForce2 MX */ case 0x0150: /* GeForce2 */ case 0x0170: /* GeForce4 MX */ + case 0x0171: /* GeForce4 MX */ case 0x0180: /* GeForce4 MX (8x AGP) */ case 0x01A0: /* nForce */ case 0x01F0: /* nForce2 */No, the above won't work. The GF4 MX 440 is NV18 which should be covered by the statement 'case 0x0180'. Try using linux-2.6.8.1 + Andrew's -mm2 patch. Older 2.6 kernels incorrectly classified your card as NV_ARCH_20, which should be NV_ARCH_10. Tony
I've applied the mm3 patch from kernel.org and the patch supplied by François Romieu but there's no change at all. Note, I forget to say that I can enable the framebuffer but only at 800x600. If I put vga=ash (video=vesafb), it simply won't recognise any number that correspond to a higher resolution. Also, using the framebuffer at 800x600 has a grave bug : once that X is started, I cannot anymore see a console, only a black screen. those console works perfectly (I can "blind" type on it) but I cannot see it. Even if I kill X, only a black screen remains. I've put video=rivafb also, but then it simply doesn't work and boot on a non-fb console. Please find dmesg and lspci -vx as attach. Thx a lot for your interest in my problem :-) Ploum