Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] rivafb question

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Alix Marchandise-Franquet wrote:
> I hope this is the right place to ask this question, if not can you please
> direct me to the appropriate newsgroup/mailing-list?
> 
> I am trying to use the rivafb driver with an nvidia Geforce 2MX card.
> I have a 2.4.16 kernel which I recompiled with rivafb.
> When I boot my machine, I see the penguin which goes away after a while.

If you see the penguin, you're using a frame buffer device.

> I don't think I am really using the framebuffer driver since with other
> framebuffer drivers and cards the penguin stayed there and the font got
> smaller. Also, nano-x, when compiled with the framebuffer setting
> doesn't run (but it runs fine when built and run with X11).
> 
> In the instructions for the vesafb driver, there are lines to add in
> lilo.conf, I don't know what these are for rivafb.
> 
> So my questions are:
> 1) How can I know that I am using rivafb?

cat /proc/fb

> 2) What needs to go in lilo.conf when using rivafb?

I guess nothing (autoprobing), unless you want to use a different video mode
than the default.

> 3) I couldn't find any real info on rivafb, where would it be?

Rivafb uses the standard video mode database, so please read
linux/Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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