Re: X over fb: "EGA/VGA planes are not yet supported by the fbdev driver [1]"

[email protected] wrote:
> Hello everyone
> 
> Trying to get the xserver (Knoppix 3.8 XFree86 4.3.0.1) over
> framebuffer. The hw is the following:
> 
> 0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM
> Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
> 0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated
> Graphics Device (rev 02)
> 
> (btw, why do I get 2?) If I try he intelfb kernel driver, I get
> 
> intelfb: intelfb_init
> intelfb: Framebuffer driver for Intel(R) 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G
> chipsets
> intelfb: Version 0.9.2
> intelfb: intelfb_setup
> intelfb: no options
> intelfb: intelfb_pci_register
> intelfb: fb aperture: 0xd8000000/0x8000000, MMIO region: 0xe8180000/0x80000
> intelfb: 00:02.0: Intel(R) 855GME, aperture size 128MB, stolen memory
> 32636kB
> intelfb: fb: 0xdb012000(+ 0x3012)/0x400000 (0xd1992000)
> intelfb: MMIO: 0xe8180000/0x80000 (0xd1e00000)
> intelfb: ring buffer: 0xdb001000/0x10000 (0xd1981000)
> intelfb: HW cursor: 0xdd24000/0x1000 (0xd1991000) (offset 0x3011) (phys
> 0xdd24000)
> intelfb: options: vram = 4, accel = 1, hwcursor = 1, fixed = 0, noinit = 0
> intelfb: options: mode = ""
> intelfb: Non-CRT device is enabled ( LVDS port ).  Disabling mode
> switching.
> intelfb: Video mode must be programmed at boot time.
> intelfb: cleanup
> 
> I tried setting "vga=..." - no way. With vga16fb I can boot with the

Try vga=ask.  Then choose from those options until you get a framebuffer,
vesafb or intelfb.

> framebuffer, i.e. it will be used by the console, but I cannot get X
> running over it. I can run it over i810 X driver, but I need fb...

Default vga16fb mode is planar, and I don't believe X supports that yet.

Tony



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