[Linux-fbdev-users] Re: Atyfb - Mach64 Rage Mobility linux 2.6 kernel support

[Miernik <mi...@ff...>]

cga <cg...@gm...> wrote:
> I have experimented with linux kernels 2.6.8 and 2.6.12 with the
> "video=atyfb:1400x1050" boot param and this only gives me a black
> screen.

There is an option CONFIG_FB_ATY_XL_INIT which is broken. For many
Mach64 cards it won't work if set to "y". Try stting
CONFIG_FB_ATY_XL_INIT=n in your kernel config, and recompile, it should
work. This option will be or already is removed in 2.6.16 kernel, so
when that one is released it should work 'out of the box'. Also in the
latest Debian sid/unstable kernel from package linux-image-2.6.15-1-686
version 2.6.15-7 it is already removed and ATI Mach64 works OK.

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