Re: Framebuffer console with a G400
I got the following information from someone who doesn't like to post
to the list. I haven't had time to try out the suggested mode, though.
> There is no kernel driver for get 'Matrox acceleration' in the 2.2
> kernels yet. The 2.3 beta has it. The best you can do right now for
> 2.2 generic VESA is to use mode 315 (decimal) which gets you 800x600
> graphic mode 32 bit color.
> I also have a G200. What I don't understand is that the newer BIOS
> upgrades for it are limited like the G400 is in generic VESA modes.
> If you use one of the old BIOS's you get all the hi-res modes. The
> accelerated Matrox fb modes work only on the new BIOS's.
> This stuff is all pretty new, aways changing and official
> documentation is still incomplete.
On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 09:53:12PM -0500, Aaron Solochek wrote:
> In light of all this talk, I decided to give my g400 frame buffer
> another shot. I Recompiled my kernel, with support for the g100/g200
> framebuffer devices. I added the lines below to my lilo.conf
>
> append="video=matrox:vesa:280"
>
> That worked. I got a very nice frame buffer console. However, once I
> started X, and ctrl-alt'ed to another termianl, the video is all
> garbled, like its refresh isn't syncing or something. How do you fix
> that?
>
> -Aaron Solochek
> leko@cmu.edu
>
>
>
> "Eric G . Miller" wrote:
> >
> > I'm using a G200, but the .config should be only modestly different:
> >
> > #
> > # Console drivers
> > #
> > CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
> > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
> > # CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
> > CONFIG_FB=y # Gotta have that
> > CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y # and that.
> > # CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set
> > # CONFIG_FB_VESA is not set # oops, better take that vesa
> > # ref. out of lilo :)
> > # CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set
> > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
> > CONFIG_FB_MATROX=y
> > # CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MILLENIUM is not set
> > # CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MYSTIQUE is not set
> > CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100=y
> > # CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MULTIHEAD is not set # You might want this for G400
> > # I don't know if it does
> > # anything...
> > # CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set
> > # CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set
> > CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED=y
> > # CONFIG_FBCON_MFB is not set
> > # CONFIG_FBCON_CFB2 is not set
> > # CONFIG_FBCON_CFB4 is not set
> > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y # You definitely want these.
> > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y
> > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=y
> > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y
> > # CONFIG_FBCON_AFB is not set
> > # CONFIG_FBCON_ILBM is not set
> > # CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P2 is not set
> > # CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P4 is not set
> > # CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P8 is not set
> > # CONFIG_FBCON_MAC is not set
> > # CONFIG_FBCON_VGA_PLANES is not set
> > # CONFIG_FBCON_VGA is not set
> > # CONFIG_FBCON_FONTWIDTH8_ONLY is not set
> > # CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS is not set
> > CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y # Don't know if these matter.
> > CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y
> >
> > --
> > +----------------------------------------------------+
> > | Eric G. Miller egm2@jps.net |
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> > +----------------------------------------------------+
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