Re: Matrox G400 not supported in kernel?

[Tom Marshall <tmarshall@real.com>]

Here is the console section from "make menuconfig" in my 2.2.16 kernel:

      [*] VGA text console
      [*] Video mode selection support
      < > MDA text console (dual-headed) (EXPERIMENTAL)
      [*] Support for frame buffer devices (EXPERIMENTAL)
      [ ] Permedia2 support (experimental)
      [ ] VESA VGA graphics console
      [ ] VGA 16-color graphics console
      <*> Matrox acceleration
      [ ]   Millennium I/II support
      [ ]   Mystique support
      [*]   G100/G200 support
      [ ]   Multihead support
      [ ] ATI Mach64 display support
      < > Virtual Frame Buffer support (ONLY FOR TESTING!)
      [ ] Advanced low level driver options
      [ ] Support only 8 pixels wide fonts
      [ ] Select compiled-in fonts

Here is my lilo.conf:

    boot=/dev/hda
    root=/dev/hda1
    compact
    install=/boot/boot.b
    map=/boot/map
    delay=20
    vga=normal

    image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16
            append="video=matrox:vesa:0x192"
            label=Linux
            read-only
    image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.15
            label=LinuxOLD
            read-only

I have found that the kernel commandline can get rather long (the above
gives me 89 chars).  I've had some mysterious problems on my home machine
with kernel commandline truncation but I'm not sure what the limit is
supposed to be.  I'm also unsure whether the problem is LILO or the kernel
itself.  You can make sure the video options are being passed by examining
/proc/cmdline.  If this is a problem for you, an obvious solution is to
shorten its filename -- for example: "/boot/v2.2.16" or even "/v2.2.16".

On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Charles Lewis wrote:

> In your kernel unders console drivers/Matrox acceleration did you enable
> Millenium I/II support, Mystique support, or G100/G200 support? There is no
> other options (besides multihead support which I have enabled).
> 
> chas
> 
> 
> > Sure, it works fine.
> >
> > matroxfb: Matrox unknown G400 (AGP) detected
> > matroxfb: MTRR's turned on
> > matroxfb: 1152x864x16bpp (virtual: 1152x7280)
> > matroxfb: framebuffer at 0xE2000000, mapped to 0xd0005000, size 16777216
> > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 144x54
> > fb0: MATROX VGA frame buffer device
> >
> > On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Charles Lewis wrote:
> >
> > > Just got a Matrox G400 and I'm trying to set up framebuffer. The kernel
> > > supports G100/G200 but not the G400. Anyone else out there have any
> success
> > > with this card.
> > >
> > > Charles Lewis, Director of Adminstrative Computing
> > > Southwestern Adventist University, Keene, TX 76059
> > > (817) 556-4720 - phone     (360) 397-7952 - fax
> > > lewisc@delta.swau.edu
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> 
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