Re: kernel 2.6.0-test8 console

[Russell Hires <rhires@earthlink.net>]

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> Straight kernel.org or -benh ??

Straight kernel.org kernel :-) 

> this, look into /var/log/dmesg (and please compare the tdfx output with a
> 2.4 kernel log to see if the 2.6 driver misdetects something). Then,

I don't actually use 2.4, I've skipped a generation from 2.2 to 2.6. I had a 
problem with oopses on 2.4 that I never figured out. 

> compare the 2.4 and 2.6 versions of tdfxfb.c. Try to set fb_fillrect,
> fb_copyarea and fb_imageblit (in tdfxfb_ops) to NULL to use generic,
> unaccelerated screen writes. Does this improve console output?

How would I do this?

> You can try video=ofonly (you knew that, right?) to see if that 'fixes'
> the console.

Yes... lol...I knew that. I clicked on the BootX "no video driver" check 
box...and I saw the little penguin, but nothing else...the stripes went away, 
and I could tell that my monitor was getting video input (the little light on 
my monitor was green instead of amber). So, that's progress! 

Russell

> 	Michael

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