Re: fbcon stuff...

[Peter Rye <prye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 12:50:40AM -0500, Jeff DeMaagd wrote:
> I have been using 2.2.0-pre[56] for a few days now.
> 
> One of only two problems I have is that if I compile the fb-con into the
> kernel, the system boots up, and hangs after the first line of the kernel
> messages.  I also had vga (old-style text) console set too.  Do I need a
> boot command line entry to set the fbcon to use this feature?
> 
> PWS500a (MIATA)
> Matrox Millenium I /w 8MB RAM
> RH Linux 5.[12] - not fully upgraded to 5.2
> egcs-1.1.1
> 
> I upgraded the bin-utils and several other packages as suggested by the
> CHANGES file, but only bin-utils would seem to have any influence, but I
> don't remember which version, but it met or exceeded the minimum
> requirement.

I've never managed to get this working either, unfortunately. It may be
that I'm doing something wrong.
Looking at the appropriate files under Documentation, it would seem that
you do have to add an entry to your boot line. Apparently acceleration
does not work on the alpha.

I've tried booting with something like this:
boot sda7:vmlinux.gz root=/dev/sda10 video=matrox:noaccel:vesa:0x105

....but that doesn't work (I have matroxfb compiled into the kernel and
I'm using a Millenium II card.

Sorry I can't be of more help. Anyone have any ideas?

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