Re: matroxfb.o module

["Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 07:33:02PM -0400, Brendan Cully wrote:
> On Saturday, 09 September 2000 at 16:02, Parrish M Myers wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Does anyone know how to pass the "video=..." argument to the matroxfb
> > module?  I have tried the following:
> > 
> > options matroxfb video=matrox:vesa:0x1BB
> > 
> > and then some variations of that.  Every time I try to do this the
> > matroxfb module complains that "param_video" is a non-valid argument. 
> > Does anyone know how to do this properly?
> 
> a quick look at /usr/src/linux/drivers/matrox/matroxfb_base.c (in
> 2.4.0-test8) indicates you should be able to do:
> 
> options matroxfb vesa=0x1BB
> 
> > I am assuming I can't send the 'video=...' line by means of lilo
> > because the matroxfb is a module and not compiled into the kernel.
> 
> right.

I've never had luck with compiling it as a module and not using fbset.
If this works for you, let me know.  Perhaps this is only available in
2.4.x ?

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