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

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

On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 02:43:02PM +0200, Johan Gullden wrote:
> 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

Nope, i don't understand what the problem is from those picutres, they
seem rather normal to me. I may be wrong though.

Friendly,

Sven Luther