Re: matrox g550 problem (video RAM is not available in PCI address space)

Hi,

 > > > [...]
 > > > Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda2 ro video=matroxfb:vesa:0x18b
 > > > [...]
 > > > matroxfb: Matrox G550 detected
 > > > matroxfb: video RAM is not available in PCI address space, matroxfb disabled
 > > > matroxfb: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -1
 > > > [...]
 > >
 > >What does this mean?  Where can i find more information about this? I
 > >tried google but found no usable infos.
 > 
 > Kernel version?

2.6.13-rc5

 > System?
 > Processor?

AMD Athlon64 in 32bit mode

 > What 'lspci -vvv -s 01:00.0' reports ?

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
	Subsystem: Matrox Graphics, Inc. Millennium G550 Dual Head DDR 32Mb
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 32 (4000ns min, 8000ns max), Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 3
	Region 0: Memory at <ignored> (32-bit, prefetchable)
	Region 1: Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Region 2: Memory at d9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
	Expansion ROM at db000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <available only to root>

Gergely


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