Re: 2.6.0-test2 does not boot with matroxfb

[Petr Vandrovec]

On 11 Aug 03 at 20:01, Jocelyn Mayer wrote:
> I now run a VGA console kernel without agpgart with a 16bps X.
> 
> So, there seems to be two issues:
> - broken matrox fb: I lose the synchro when switching from X to fb.
>   fbset configuration is lost when switching consoles.

It is feature, not a bug. fbset does not work on 2.6.x kernels
anymore. Apply 
ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/matroxfb-2.6.0-t3-c1149.gz
if you prefer 2.4.x behavior.

Also if you are using DRI, even latest XFree mga driver I found still 
reprograms hardware even if XFree server is not on a foreground, so you 
must use same color depth and vxres for both X and console, and even in 
this configuration display corruption on console may occur from time to
time...
                                            Petr Vandrovec
                                            

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