hmm...
that fb thing is included as (experimental) , its not really guaranteed to
work..
i have g200 too, and it doesnt seem to work that way too, looks like
vga=791 is not recognized by kernel at the beginning so it asks to enter
other VGA mode(i get list of only vga modes, my fb even doesnt try to
work:(( but when i enter it , it boots up as usually in VGA.
i dunno, maybe we set something wrong, i have exectly the same
configuration of the kernel as you do..
but using vga in text mode and normal video card recognition in X doesnt
suck at all so im using that one%)
regards.
On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, chien-yu chen wrote:
> Does anyone have one of this card,(8M) and have framebuffer working?
> here is what I have done:
>
> 2.2.14
>
> basically followed the howto:
>
> VGA Text Console
> Video Selection Support
> Support for frame buffer devices
> Matrox Acceleration
> G100/G200 support
> Advanced Low Level Drivers
> Mono, 2bpp, 4bpp, 8bpp, 16bpp, 24bpp and 32bpp
>
> then add
>
> vga = 792
> append = "video=matrox:vesa:440"
>
> in the lilo.conf...
>
> fter I reboot, it asked me which text mode I want to choose...
> so I choose 80x25...
> then after kernel hit the framebuffer thing (monitor switched to graphics
> mode,) I guess the kernel halted...
> because there is no signal to the monitor (from monitor LED).
> and hard drive is not going....
> after I reset, using a backup kernel, system comes up fine. (without fsck).
> so I guess the booting havn't hit the mounting root yet....
>
> any suggestion? thanks
>
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