Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10766] New: ceased to work framebuffer with videocard NVIDIA GeForce MX 440

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On Tue, 20 May 2008 22:55:43 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10766

           Summary: ceased to work framebuffer with videocard NVIDIA GeForce
                    MX 440
           Product: Drivers
           Version: 2.5
     KernelVersion: 2.6.25
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: Console/Framebuffers
        AssignedTo: jsimmons@infradead.org
        ReportedBy: ashirapov.denis@mail.ru


Latest working kernel version:2.6.25.4
Earliest failing kernel version:2.6.25 and up
Distribution: Slackware GNU/Linux 12.0 
Hardware Environment:
 Processors: AMD Athlon XP 1800(Thunderbird)
 Video card: Nvidia GeForce MX 440 agp 8x
 Mother board: Biostar M7NCD (nForce2)
Software Environment:
Problem Description: 
 In kernels >= 2.6.25 loading kernel with append patameters in boot
loaders(grub) as "vga=317" etc. can't enable requred video mode.

Steps to reproduce: 
Compile ketnel 2.6.25 with config:
http://slackware.perespim.ru/pub/slackware-current/kernels/huge.s/config

Can anyone think of anything we might have done between 2.6.24 and
2.6.25 to break the nvidia driver's boot-command-line handling?

Thanks.


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On Wed, 21 May 2008 19:05:25 -0700
Andrew Morton [off-list ref] wrote:

On Tue, 20 May 2008 22:55:43 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:

quoted

Problem Description: 
 In kernels >= 2.6.25 loading kernel with append patameters in boot
loaders(grub) as "vga=317" etc. can't enable requred video mode.

Can you give more details what this means? Does this gives you another graphics
mode or the machine boot in text mode? I assume the latter.
I do not have configuration to reproduce this  (I do not have any GeForce
card and I do not use grub).

Another thing is that the 317 may be not right setting. I googled about grub
configuration and it should be either

vga=0x317

or 

vga=791

Please confirm if these new settings gives you the error as well.

Regards,
Krzysztof


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