>As for the Matrox, that's handled by VESA, as I understand it. >CONFIG_FB_MATROX is just for an accellerated Matrox mode, at least, >that is implied by the documentation for that option. >From what I remember when I had a Matrox card in this machine, I didn't get fbcon at all without CONFIG_FB_MATROX set. I have access to one other Matrox-equipped computer, so I can check it out and make sure. p.