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

[Johan G. <so...@ho...>]

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 13:51:25 +0200
Johan Gullden <so...@ho...> wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 12:49:42 +0200
> Sven Luther <sve...@wa...> wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> Ok, there seems to be some missunderstanding, I will take a picture of the console. So you all can se waht I mean.
> 

The pictures are really bad. But you should see what I mean.
Pictures are visible at: http://hem.passagen.se/stimp

/Johan Gullden