Re: [patch] Re: GeForce 4 MX have no working frame buffer at all..

Ploum Ploum [off-list ref] :
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I've applied the mm3 patch from kernel.org and the patch supplied by 
François Romieu but there's no change at all.

Bug of mine: I did not notice the lower part of the mask.

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.

X messes with the hardware. You do not want to kill it.

I've put video=rivafb also, but then it simply doesn't work and boot on 
a non-fb console.

Can you reproduce this test without nvidia proprietary module loaded at
startup ?

As a minimum there should be some messages prefixed by "rivafb: xxx".

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Ueimor


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