Hi Andreas,
On Friday 13 August 2004 12:24 am, Andreas Robinson wrote:
> I am working on it now, but I am stuck.
>
> When I install the viafb module, all I get is a bunch of rolling light
> grey crap, on a black background, on my TV. It looks like it could be a
> console, inside a blender.
> My knowledge of VGA timings is limited, but if I were to guess, I would
> say that they are wrong...
Did you start modifying the driver, or are you just trying to use it?
> Has anybody on this list succeeded in installing vias unichrome
> framebuffer driver? I could use some help, I think...
Yeah, it works fine for me -- but I don't use the TV output at all. The only
thing I noticed so far is that there's no wait-for-vsync support, so the
directfb examples run much too fast and/or flickery.
> 2. Edit Makefile to disable module versioning
I didn't do this..
> 6. Install some functions that viafb needs:
>
> cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/video
> insmod fbcon-cfb8.o
> insmod fbcon-cfb16.o
> insmod fbcon-cfb32.o
> insmod fbgen.o
A modprobe for viafb does the trick for me. The fbcons are not used if I look
at my module list.
> 7a. Install module:
> modprobe viafb mode=800x600 refresh=60 TV_ON=1 tv_system=2
> tv_level=0 tv_out_signal=1
modprobe viafb mode=1024x768 bpp=16
> 7b. Notice flicker on TV
My TV is fine :)
> 8. Check timings: fbset -i
>
> mode "800x600-63"
> # D: 40.000 MHz, H: 39.062 kHz, V: 62.600 Hz
> geometry 800 600 800 600 32
> timings 25000 96 32 16 4 96 4
> rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,0/0
> endmode
>
> Frame buffer device information:
> Name : Via
> Address : 0xd8000000
> Size : 33554432
> Type : PACKED PIXELS
> Visual : TRUECOLOR
> XPanStep : 0
> YPanStep : 1
> YWrapStep : 0
> LineLength : 3200
> Accelerator : No
mode "1024x768-63"
# D: 64.998 MHz, H: 49.541 kHz, V: 62.552 Hz
geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16
timings 15385 128 32 16 4 128 4
rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0
endmode
Frame buffer device information:
Name : Via
Address : 0xd8000000
Size : 33554432
Type : PACKED PIXELS
Visual : TRUECOLOR
XPanStep : 0
YPanStep : 1
YWrapStep : 0
LineLength : 2048
Accelerator : No
But perhaps the normal console works fine for you too?
Cheers!
Rob
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