Bug#260917: kernel-image-2.6.7-1-686: matroxfb broken (at least G200 and G400, 2.4.x was OK)

[Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@amelek.gda.pl>]

Package: kernel-image-2.6.7-1-686
Version: 2.6.7-2
Severity: normal

When I load the matroxfb_base module, garbage appears on the
console.  The monitor gets valid sync timings, and the system
still works, but I can't see anything until reboot.

Tested on two different machines (both PentiumIII with Intel
BX chipset, so nothing new) with Matrox G200 (8MB) and G400
(32MB) AGP cards, both have always worked very well under 2.4;
X works fine on both machines under both 2.4 and 2.6.

This is my first attempt to upgrade from 2.4 to 2.6 - mostly
successful except matroxfb (have to use text console instead).

Thanks,
Marek

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.7-1-686 depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.0.91-2   The GNU core utilities
ii  fileutils                     5.0.91-2   The GNU file management utilities
ii  initrd-tools                  0.1.71     tools to create initrd image for p
ii  module-init-tools             3.1-pre5-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

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