Re: Framebuffer, Matrox G550 and LCD

On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 04:18:36PM +0200, Torsten Wolf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> recently, I replaced my CRT with a 18,1" LCD running at 1280x1024@60. X
> works fine now via DVI on my Debian testing box running 2.4.20, X 4.2.x
> and the latest beta-drivers. The one and only woe is the textmode: In
> case the LCD is connected via a VGA cable, matroxfb as well as vesafb
> work fine in 1280x1024@60 mode. Switching between X and textmode works
> as well. When using the DVI cable, matroxfb remains black on bootup and
> never comes up. Vesafb works fine on bootup, but when switching back
> from X, the LCD complains about the frequency being too high. So the
> only setting which works is vga=normal or extendend in lilo.conf or
> 80x60, which looks quite ugly on such a large monitor. Any hints how
> to get the framebuffer working in textmode?

Get latest 2.4.21-rcX. And have 'matroxset -f /dev/fb0 -m 5' ready, as
X insist on disabling DVI output from time to time during startup, or console
switches or at exit.
				Petr



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