>> 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. > >Yes. If true, this would contradict the kernel docs, but it may well >be true. I tried this out just now. It turns out that vga16fb works with the Matrox card, so there is no problem. p.