Re: linux-image-2.6.15-6 (was: Solution for issue with PicassoII and flickering pixels)
Le lundi 20 février 2006 à 22:03 -0500, Peter Krummrich a écrit :
> On 19.02.2006, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Peter Krummrich wrote:
> >> The kernel boot options video=clgen or video=cirrusfb did not activate
> >> the PicassoII card. Typing modprobe cirrusfb.o blindly did not help
> >> either (my monitor does not sync to amifb standard mode - what would be
> >> the option to switch amifb to vga mode 640x480 with 60 Hz?).
> >
> > video=vga (640x480, 60 Hz)
> > video=vga70 (640x400, 70 Hz)
> >
> > But this works on ECS or AGA only, i.e. not on your A2000 (unless you
> > upgraded to ECS).
> >
>
> I did upgrade to ECS. But I also have a flickerfixer in the box. As it
> seems, this device keeps me from using these modes. Sorry that I did not
> think about it earlier.
>
> But my preferred option would be to activate my Picasso II card anyway. Do
> you happen to know, which part of the kernel source code interprets kernel
> arguments and calls/activates the appropriate kernel module? There seems to
> be some translation involved. The option for the clgen driver is
> video=clgen. But the module name is clgenfb. So there is some translation
> between the video= option and the module name. Maybe the code responsible
> for this translation is not aware of the cirrusfb option/module yet? Just
> an idea...
>
I use also an A2000 with a flicker-fixer and I did not notice a problem
apart of a cable one ! at least before 2.6.14.6. I will test 2.6.15 as
soon as I have enough time.
Regards
JP Pozzi
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