linux-fbdev-users

[Linux-fbdev-users] nvidia 9400 support in nvidiafb: available in kernels > 2.6.29 ?

[Manuel A. <red...@gm...>]

Hello there

I'm having a hard time making nvidiafb work with my nvidia integrated
graphisc: it's a 9400 series, and it seems it's not supported in the 2.6.29
kernel I'm currently using. Dmesg spits the typical "unknown NV_ARCH"
message, and that's about it.

Do you know if there's a wider support for newer nvidia chips in the
nvidiafb on newer knernel versions?

regards

   Manuel

Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] nvidia 9400 support in nvidiafb: available in kernels > 2.6.29 ?

[James S. <jsi...@in...>]

> Hello there
>  
> I'm having a hard time making nvidiafb work with my nvidia integrated
> graphisc: it's a 9400 series, and it seems it's not supported in the 2.6.29
> kernel I'm currently using. Dmesg spits the typical "unknown NV_ARCH"
> message, and that's about it.
>  
> Do you know if there's a wider support for newer nvidia chips in the
> nvidiafb on newer knernel versions?

The nvidiafb driver is pretty old. Try the nouveau dri tree. It has fbdev 
support. I run it at home and its stable. You will need a few patch tho
for the fbdev layer to work properly.

git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/nouveau/linux-2.6