[Linux-fbdev-users] rivafb + NV17

[David L. <lio...@co...>]

On the 2.6.9 kernel on Debian sid, rivafb loads successfully:

ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
rivafb: nVidia device/chipset 10DE0176
rivafb: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go 32M]
rivafb: flatpanel support enabled
rivafb: Detected CRTC controller 1 being used
rivafb: RIVA MTRR set to ON
rivafb: could not retrieve EDID from DDC/I2C
rivafb: setting virtual Y resolution to 52428
rivafb: Detected CRTC controller 1 being used
rivafb: Detected CRTC controller 1 being used
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
rivafb: PCI nVidia NV17 framebuffer ver 0.9.5b (32MB @ 0xEC000000)

Along with rivafb, these modules load:

Module                  Size  Used by
rivafb                 49924  1
i2c_algo_bit            8968  1 rivafb
vgastate                9472  1 rivafb
cfbimgblt               2944  1 rivafb
i2c_core               19088  2 rivafb,i2c_algo_bit

As long as the proprietary nvidia kernel module is not loaded, this works fine.

However, I'm only getting 640x480. My /etc/fb.modes has lots of other
resolutions, but they're not accepted.

Is this a limitation of the rivafb driver, my hardware, or something else?

vesafb won't load at all.

I run thermoman's lilo, which shows an animated scene -- flying penguins
and so on -- in full screen, so I'm disappointed that I get better 
framebuffer
support in lilo than in the OS!

Can anyone suggest how to get a full screen after boot? X11 uses 1280x854.

Please cc me, I'm not subscribed.

Cheers,
Dave