Re: 2.5.71 Frame Buffer Problem

[James Simmons]

> i had compile kernel 2.5.71 with VESA support (disabled nvidia driver ) , on 
> boot some lines and dotes dancing around the screen ! :) 

Hum. Like to see those bugs. 

> now i have remove VESA support and VGA Console , there is no blank screen 
> again but , i have seleted vga 791 ( 1025x768x256 ) and its working on 769 ( 
> 640x486x256 ) , i dont know why ! :) i have tested many times , you know 
> nvidia driver works under 2.4.* . 
> thanks 

vga=791 will not work for the rivafb driver. That is vesafb specific. You 
need to use modedb. See linux/Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.

P.S
   I think the modedb code is broken for the NVIDIA driver. I haven't got 
around to fixing that.