Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 13566] New: nvidiafb doesn't get my oooold monitor working

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On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:04:12 GMT
bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13566

           Summary: nvidiafb doesn't get my oooold monitor working
           Product: Drivers
           Version: 2.5
    Kernel Version: 2.6.30
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: Video(Other)
        AssignedTo: drivers_video-other@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
        ReportedBy: ericitaquera@gmail.com
        Regression: No

There's more info at the above link

Nvidiafb doesn't get my ooooooold black & white 7" CRT VGA monitor working. I
have an GeForce 6200 one:

root@slackade:~# lspci  | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200
TurboCache(TM)] (rev a1)


This is the dmesg output with this old monitor ( or without any ) plugged to
the VGA output:

root@slackade:~# dmesg | grep nvidia
nvidiafb 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
nvidiafb: Device ID: 10de0161 
nvidiafb: CRTC0 analog not found
nvidiafb: CRTC1 analog not found
nvidiafb: CRTC 1 is currently programmed for TV
nvidiafb: Using TV on CRTC 1
nvidiafb: Panel is TMDS
nvidiafb: MTRR set to ON
nvidiafb: Flat panel dithering disabled
nvidiafb: PCI nVidia NV16 framebuffer (64MB @ 0xD0000000)
root@slackade:~# 

After that, even if I switch to a brand new 1080p lcd the screen just blinks
with weird vertical stripes.

If I reboot with a newer monitor plugged to VGA output all works fine:

root@slackade:~# dmesg | grep nvidia
nvidiafb 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
nvidiafb: Device ID: 10de0161 
nvidiafb: CRTC0 analog found
nvidiafb: CRTC1 analog not found
nvidiafb: CRTC 0 appears to have a CRT attached
nvidiafb: Using CRT on CRTC 0
nvidiafb: MTRR set to ON
nvidiafb: PCI nVidia NV16 framebuffer (64MB @ 0xD0000000)
root@slackade:~# 

Tnx in advance!

hm.  drivers/video/nvidia/ isn't exactly a hive of development activity
but let's switch this over to the mailing list and see if there's any
help.


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