Fw: 2.6.11, framebuffer

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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:56:08 +0100 (CET)
From: stegall@bayou.uni-linz.ac.at
To: akpm@osdl.org
Subject: 2.6.11, framebuffer


framebuffer, intel, 915g 

Greetings,
complaints were requested, but I am not sure this is the correct
place to make them:

I cannot start a frame buffer on 2.6,11x using
hardware with the
    intel 915g 
chip. Either it crashes or nothing happens, depending on modules,
kernel compilation etc. Nothing works.

One thing I did see was

   allocation failed: out of vmalloc space - use 
vmalloc=<size> to increase size.

I realize that this chip is ``new'', but
it works quite satisfactorily  on 2.4.10* !
I can even run xwindows with the xorg stuff.

If more information is required I'll do what I can.
Thank you,
 Charles Stegall


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I cannot start a frame buffer on 2.6,11x using
hardware with the
    intel 915g 
chip. Either it crashes or nothing happens, depending on modules,
kernel compilation etc. Nothing works.

Similarly:

With kernel 2.6.9 using an Intel 82852/82855 (not sure which)
and compiling the kernel with the VESA framebuffer, starting
up with vga requested at 1024x768 16bit, the framebuffer
console doesn't start.

I also tried the Intel framebuffer and that didn't work either.

Both start up as text.

Zack Smith



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On Tuesday 15 February 2005 02:03, Andrew Morton wrote:

Begin forwarded message:

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:56:08 +0100 (CET)
From: stegall@bayou.uni-linz.ac.at
To: akpm@osdl.org
Subject: 2.6.11, framebuffer


framebuffer, intel, 915g

Greetings,
complaints were requested, but I am not sure this is the correct
place to make them:

I cannot start a frame buffer on 2.6,11x using
hardware with the
    intel 915g
chip. Either it crashes or nothing happens, depending on modules,
kernel compilation etc. Nothing works.

One thing I did see was

   allocation failed: out of vmalloc space - use
vmalloc=<size> to increase size.

I realize that this chip is ``new'', but
it works quite satisfactorily  on 2.4.10* !

What driver are you using vesafb or intelfb? 915 support is a very recent
addition.

Can you send your dmesg and kernel config?

Tony




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On Tuesday 15 February 2005 03:19, Zack Smith wrote:

quoted

I cannot start a frame buffer on 2.6,11x using
hardware with the
    intel 915g
chip. Either it crashes or nothing happens, depending on modules,
kernel compilation etc. Nothing works.

Similarly:

With kernel 2.6.9 using an Intel 82852/82855 (not sure which)
and compiling the kernel with the VESA framebuffer, starting
up with vga requested at 1024x768 16bit, the framebuffer
console doesn't start.

I also tried the Intel framebuffer and that didn't work either.

Both start up as text.

Can you send your dmesg for both intelfb and vesafb enabled.

Tony




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