Re: PROBLEM: matroxfb broken with G450 in 2.4.21 (and 2.4.2

[Petr Vandrovec]

On 17 Jun 03 at 15:45, Herbert Schmid wrote:
> [1.] Matroxfb doesn't init a Matrox G450 DH correctly.
> 
> [2.] The console stays in VGA-Mode. If the VGA-console is not compiled
> in, the screen is not updated after the "Ok, booting the kernel."
> message. You won't see neither the kernel bootstraping nor any console
> login, but working blind is possible. X11 works fine.

> CONFIG_FB_MATROX=y
> # CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MILLENIUM is not set
> # CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MYSTIQUE is not set
> CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G450=m
> CONFIG_FB_MATROX_I2C=y
> CONFIG_FB_MATROX_PROC=y
> # CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MULTIHEAD is not set

Did you run 'make oldconfig' on the old configuration? I see
"bool '   G100/G200/G400/G450/G550 support' CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G450"
in drivers/video/Config.in, so 'm' is illegal value for this choice, 
and anything can happen, including explosion of your computer, or 
creating driver which supports no hardware...
                                            Best regards,
                                                Petr Vandrovec
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