On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 01:08:49AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > Package: linux-2.6 > Version: 2.6.14-7 > Severity: important > > Sigh, can't get a break with alpha kernel support around here. After > upgrading to 2.6.14 (from 2.4.27), the Matrox framebuffer no longer works > correctly on my alpha with a Matrox Millenium II. The matroxfb_base module > loads without error, but gives me corrupt video output only.
Try turning off acceleration. matroxfb is problematic, since the matroxfb maintainer didn't agree on the 2.4->2.6 fbdev API change, and thus things broke all over, and has a huge patch that reverses the new fbdev stuff. At least this was the case a year or two back at least. > Card info from lspci: > > 0000:00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W > [Millennium II] > > and lspci -n: > > 0000:00:05.0 0300: 102b:051b > > dmesg output: > > matroxfb: Matrox Millennium II (PCI) detected > PInS memtype = 0 > matroxfb: 640x480x8bpp (virtual: 640x6553) > matroxfb: framebuffer at 0x9000000, mapped to 0xfffffc8809000000, size 4194304 > fb0: MATROX frame buffer device > fb0: initializing hardware > > > Happy to test potential driver fixes, though due to issues with *other* > hardware in this system I didn't test the framebuffer with any previous 2.6 > kernels and can't tell you whether it worked with them. It probably was always so, and matroxfb is problematic. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
