Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] Framebuffer on nVidia NV18GL?

[James L. <ja...@ak...>]

If you don't see Tux the penguin in the upper left corner of the screen
during boot, then your kernel is not coming up with a frame buffer. Trying
anything after that is pointless. Either fiddle with your kernel some more
or get another video card.

James.   :o)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hari Sekhon" <hps...@go...>
To: <lin...@li...>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:54 AM
Subject: [Linux-fbdev-users] Framebuffer on nVidia NV18GL?


> I have a new machine with an nVidia NV18GL [Quadro FX 550] card in it. I
> have compiled both vesafb-tng and nvidia framebuffer support in to the
> kernel and tried various things without success.
>
> I find the whole framebuffer device thing a bit weird in practice, a bit
> hit-and-miss, sometimes I get it and sometimes I don't.
>
> I have tried various lines in my grub menu.lst such as
>
> kernel (hd0,2)/boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/sda3
> video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap,1024x768-32@85
>
> which was taken from the usually excellent gentoo handbook and
>
> kernel (hd0,2)/boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/sda3
> video=nvidiafb vga=0x318
>
> but neither seem to work. I just get an error immediately on boot saying
> the mode wasn't recognised or something and it gives me a list of modes
> to choose from, all of which end up in a normal looking terminal without
> the nice framebuffer screen. I am a little confused by the lack of clear
> documentation on this.
>
> Could somebody point me in the right direction?
>
> -- 
> Hari Sekhon
>
>
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