Re: Framebuffer console not working with matroxfb on 2.6

On 17 Sep 04 at 10:51, Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek wrote:

quoted

It is not matroxfb's bug, it is how fbcon works in 2.6.x, it uses
only drivers which existed at a time fbcon was loaded...  Usually
people find it by trial & error, or they ask...

You can also grab 
http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/linux/matrox-latest/matroxfb-2.6.9-rc2.gz,
with it you should be able to use modular matroxfb.

It does not apply to my (2.6.8.1) kernel. But since it works when

No big surprise as it is for 2.6.9-rc2, as name says...  You can pick up
older versions if you want...

However, I still get a minor problem with the driver.
When I switch between the default 640x480-60 mode and 1024x768-85 mode
the 1024x768 gets interlaced, with completely different timings. I have
to use fbset to restore it to 1024x768-85.

It will work with patch above.
                                                            Petr
                                                            



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