Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] trying to start using nvidiafb

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

Gildas Bayard wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm quite new to the framebuffer but I've been using the vesa fb driver
> for several weeks and launched X on it with success
> 
> I would like to try nvidiafb now but I have the following problems:
> I can see for a very brief instant a page that looks like the penguin we
> all know with some normal console messages but it vanishes immediately
> and then nothing is displayed...
> 
> Are there some parameters I could have wrong?
> There is no nvidiafb file in the kernel Documentation directory so
> is there a place to know options for the nvidia fb driver?
> 
> finally I could boot a console with nvidiafb by specifying
> video=nvidiafb:800x600 at startup but
> - it still doesn't work on other resolutions
> - if I change resolution from 800 600 to 1024 768 with fbset it does
> something but the result is bad. If I precise depth 32 it's better but
> the screen is cut in half

Check if you have a /etc/fb.modes.  Then use fbset by doing

fbset 1024x768-60 # where 1024x768-60 can be an entry in fb.modes

> 
> BTW, I'm using vanilla kernel 2.6.13.4, my card (as reported by lspci)
> is a GE force FX Go5200 and I'm on a laptop (with lcd screen then)

If you can, try using linux-2.6.14-rc5-mm1, as there are a bunch of nvidiafb
fixes that might be related to your problem.

Tony