Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] Re: Re: Getting started

[Antonino A. D. <ad...@gm...>]

William Estrada wrote:
> James,
> 
>  I would like to see how you got 5 Frame Buffer devices configured.
> 
>  I have one MX 4000-PCI, one Ti 4200-AGP(two ports), one S2-Trio and
> still only
> get one FB.  What did you have to do to get 5 FBs?  I'm missing something
> here!  What version of Linux are you running.
> 

The S3 Trio does not have a working driver in 2.6. The Ti 4200 should be
recognized by nvidiafb. The MX 4000, I'm not sure (what is the pci id of that
card?).

For S3 Trio to work, configure it as your primary card and use vesafb to drive
that thing.  Use nvidiafb to drive the Ti 4200, and depending if the MX 4000
is supported, probably nvidiafb or rivafb.

The nvidia cards will be /dev/fb0 (and maybe /dev/fb1), and the S3 Trio will 
become /dev/fb1 (or maybe /dev/fb2).

Check /proc/fb to find out.

Tony

PS: Non primary cards are not initialized by the BIOS, so it might be necessary
sometimes to boot the secondary cards before loading the fb driver.