From: Matan Ziv-Av (matan@svgalib.org)
Date: Wed 20 Jun 2001 - 12:03:19 IDT
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, [iso-8859-1] Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote: > Hi. I built 1.4.3 with the following changes to Makefile.cfg: > > INCLUDE_G400_DRIVER = y > INCLUDE_FBDEV_DRIVER = y > INCLUDE_G400_DRIVER_TEST = y > INCLUDE_NORMAL_DAC = y > > # Comment out any dac you don't want to autodetect. > None, but I noticed they're built. Why ? > > ramdac/ramdac.o ramdac/normal.o ramdac/attdacs.o > ramdac/sierra.o ramdac/icw.o ramdac/s3dacs.o > ramdac/IBMRGB52x.o clockchip/icd2061a.o > > I thought my build would only include ramdac/ramdac.o > ramdac/normal.o I think there are #ifdef endifs, so that the files are compiled empty. You also don't need the normal dac. All those dacs are for old (pre-trio) S3 cards. > So, this is a minimal SVGALib. I have a Matrox Millenium G400 > (M4A32DG) and am using matroxfb with Kernel 2.4.5. From dmesg: > > Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=1 root=301 video=matrox:vesa:440 > matroxfb: Matrox unknown G400 (AGP) detected > matroxfb: MTRR's turned on > matroxfb: 1024x768x24bpp (virtual: 1024x5460) > matroxfb: framebuffer at 0xE2000000, mapped to 0xd8805000, size 33554432 > fb0: MATROX VGA frame buffer device > > I built seejpeg to test, but I get the following error: > > svgalib: Failed to initialize mouse. > Cannot find a 256 colour video mode > svgalib: mmap error rrr I don't see why this check is there. > I only see "svgalib: mmap error rrr message" when I switch back > from another vc. Until then it's a blank line. That's a console - fbdev interaction bug. An ioctl that should redraw the screen, and does with vgacon, does not do it with fbcon. > I still have a question. Can I use chipset G400 with matroxfb, > or Ishould boot without it ? I think there should not be a problem. At least, there is not with rage 128 and aty128 fb driver. -- Matan Ziv-Av. matan@svgalib.org ------------------------------------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: To: listbot@svgalib.org Body: unsubscribe linux-svgalib
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