[Linux-fbdev-users] Re: Matrox Millenium G450 AGP

[Sven L. <sve...@wa...>]

On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 12:32:54PM +0200, Johan Gullden wrote:
> (I am not subscribed to the list, so please CC your replies to me.)
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am having trouble getting my Matrox G450 to work on my pegasos2,
> after and while booting the console gets weird. It doubles the output with a space of 4 characters, so it's really hard to use it.
> 
> The kernel I am using is 2.6.4 (gentoo/ppc-development-sources), I have also tried the 2.4 kernel and getting the same problems.
> 
> my settings from #Graphics support
> 
> CONFIG_FB=y
> CONFIG_FB_MATROX=y
> CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G450=y
> CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100=y
> CONFIG_FB_MATROX_I2C=y
> 
> I have also tried to use diffrent boot parameters, but with no luck. The output is just a screen filled with colorful pixels.

Johan, could you provide a bit more detail about the screen. You told me
that you saw like 4 different screens or soemthing such. This kind of
information, or even a digicam picture of the screen, is essential in
detecting the problem, and hopefully fixing it.

Friendly,

Sven Luther